zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoSaudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojectswww.ft.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down16cross-posted to: finance@beehaw.org
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkSaudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojectswww.ft.comzephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square40fedilinkcross-posted to: finance@beehaw.org
minus-squaretrailing9@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoThey can do anything, from data centers to any industrial production line. At worst they recycle aluminum. Not every country has that much sun and the space. You don’t want to clear forests or farmland for solar energy.
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoThe cost of running a data centre in the desert would become cost prohibitive at the drawing board stage.
minus-squaretrailing9@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoLink it with desalination and it becomes an advantage.
They can do anything, from data centers to any industrial production line. At worst they recycle aluminum.
Not every country has that much sun and the space. You don’t want to clear forests or farmland for solar energy.
The cost of running a data centre in the desert would become cost prohibitive at the drawing board stage.
Link it with desalination and it becomes an advantage.