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Nearly 7,000 datacenters sit in thermally suboptimal regions

development2025-12-17

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A new map found nearly 7,000 data centers built in thermally suboptimal regions, implying a large relocation arbitrage toward cooler latitudes.

Reported metric: ~7,000 sites

Reporting date: 2025-12-17 (not necessarily the event date)

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Nearly 7,000 datacenters sit in thermally suboptimal regions
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Reporting date: 2025-12-17
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2025-12-17-datacenter-thermal-arbitrage
Claim: A new map found nearly 7,000 data centers built in thermally suboptimal regions, implying a large relocation arbitrage toward cooler latitudes.
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- Welcome to December 17, 2025 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-december-17-2025
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