As a small data center is being considered for the Starbucks headquarters building in SODO, local radio host Jake humorously questioned the public's fear of data centers on "The Jake and Spike Show" on KIRO Newsradio. Spike noted the potential environmental impact regarding water and power use. Amazon claims its data centers are 7x more water-efficient than the industry average. Jake compared water use to that of golf courses, which are generally accepted. The Seattle City Council has placed a temporary freeze on new data center siting while impact studies are conducted. Additionally, five years of data tracking Seattle's JumpStart tax show the city has lost roughly 30,000 jobs due to several factors.
‘The spookiest thing imaginable in Seattle ’: Jake questions data center fears as small facility eyed for Starbucks HQ building As a small data center is being eyed for the ground floor of the Starbucks headquarters building in SODO, according to“The building owners are thinking about renting out some of the unused space, which used to be an Amazon Fresh, apparently, and so what they’re discussing now is putting in a data center , which is just the spookiest thing imaginable in Seattle ,” Jake said on “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio.
“Oh my gosh, data, what if data comes for us, and it comes to get us? ” he quipped.
“It would probably be the potential environmental impact that a data center draws with regard to water use and power use,” Spike responded. Amazon says its data centers are 7x more water-efficient than industry average“Is it really something to be worried about? ” Jake asked.
“Like, everybody wants clean water, we want to make sure they’re doing it safely, but if it’s far less than golf courses, which nobody’s running and hiding from a golf course, we run to golf courses, we love them. ”, the Seattle City Council placed a temporary freeze on new data center siting while the city conducts impact studies.
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