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When your family can't agree on personal responsibility for data center energy consumption

My family decided to reduce our digital footprint after learning about data center energy use but my teenager says it's performative because the real problem is corporate and my spouse thinks I'm being extreme about streaming limits. We all started this together but now I'm the only one still trying and everyone acts like I'm the problem.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A shared commitment to environmental action is fracturing under the weight of different beliefs about individual versus systemic change.

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“Where Are You with Energy consumption of data centers?”

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