Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Frack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Frack</span></a> to the future? <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Geothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geothermal</span></a> energy pitched as <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/datacenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datacenter</span></a> savior<br>An independent research body claims that geothermal power generation could provide an answer to the growing energy requirements of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/datacenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datacenters</span></a>.<br>But there's a catch. It focuses on techniques that employ hydraulic fracturing, or <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fracking</span></a>, to avoid being restricted to areas with naturally available geothermal energy, and depends on operators being prepared to pay a "green premium." <br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/13/geothermal_datacenters/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/13/geo</span><span class="invisible">thermal_datacenters/</span></a></p>