The logic of finance does not really follow the logic of physics. Also abu dhabi is kind of the perfect place for it, it’s a totalitarian dictatorship with barely any national polulation, its 90% expats, who is going to complain about a data center hoarding all the resources of that place.
Stupid question but why would you put a data center in one of the hottest place on earth? Are they stupid?
The logic of finance does not really follow the logic of physics. Also abu dhabi is kind of the perfect place for it, it’s a totalitarian dictatorship with barely any national polulation, its 90% expats, who is going to complain about a data center hoarding all the resources of that place.
It’s cause UAE did a big chunk of the funding and wanted it to be built there in order to market themselves as a tech hub.
So you can burn more cheap fuel