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[-] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

Stagnant data doesn't do anything in those data centres, though. If you were downloading and uploading data all the time, sure. Don't do that. But deleting old data actively uses power as the computers will then have to go and fetch that data and then erase it.

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