117 provide the more powerful computing and faster connections necessary for smart-city , smart-transportation , smart grid , tele-medicine and other highly valuable digital applications and services . “ This means high-performance data centers in the centre of every population center ,” he says . “ We ’ ve seen this dynamic before with the buildout of other forms of public and private infrastructure — such as electricity and gas delivery , public water systems , telecommunications , highways , railroads , airports , ports , and even overnight package delivery . To these we will now add warehouses of computers , countless miles of fiber optics , and an endless array of wireless devices linking everyone to everything digital . We need to make sure that the environmental footprint of the data centers at the heart of all of this well serves both society and the planet . It ’ s very exciting .”
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