Critical national infrastructure status means they will get extra government support during emergencies.
  • mannycalavera@feddit.uk
    16·
    2 months ago

    Data centres as vital as NHS and power grid, government says

    So I guess we’re going to underfund them and treat the workers as mugs?

    • cumming_normi@yiffit.net
      0·
      2 months ago

      Nah, data centers need to be reliable to be profitable, the power grid can be ignored and only hurts those that can’t afford battery backup systems.

  • zante@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    Much more vital because in the future people won’t be important

  • TWeaK@feddit.ukEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    Datacentres are indeed shooting up all over the place at an astonishing rate. I know, I’m involved in them. However I don’t think they need such protection from the government - the companies building them already have enough money (and the datacentres themselves make a ton of money) that they don’t really need handouts.

  • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
    31·
    2 months ago

    Hard disagree. We can all survive without data centres. The transition from having them, to not having them is chaotic (as crowdstrike showed), but I think 99% of us would benefit from our financial / credit records being wiped out.