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LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
Local employment ( both direct or indirect ) equates to around 15 or 16 people employed per rack or server , and every one euro attached to DCs creates multiple times its value for the local economy . our customers , including things like killing zombie DCs and so on . We make sure they have a more efficient server infrastructure , but there are further constraints on sustainability for private DCs in general , because they are not being controlled by the government .”
On-Prem Legacy DCs that are converted into commercial DCs have an even higher PUE ( Power usage effectiveness ). “ We are 1.3 , 1.4 or 1.5 , where some private DCs have a PUE of 4 or even 5 . We are hundreds of percentage points more efficient and sustainable ,” he says . “ We can ' t change the fact that a server and digital infrastrastructure needs energy , and we do need to raise more awareness about this . The clouds run on machines , and a lot of people don ' t have a clue about this , so we need to fight against this lack of understanding and educate them . Further , why should we pay for an upgrade of the grid , when Mr . Facebook and Mr . Amazon are using up all of our energy for the next 2-3 years ?”
Local DCs add local value to local banks , insurance companies , accounting firms , IT and Logistics companies – and DCU directly adds value to the local economy through these connections .
Haringsma points out that local employment ( both direct and indirect ) equates to around 15 or 16 people employed per rack or server , and every one euro attached to DCs creates multiple times its value for the local economy . “ A local company also pays local taxes and serves the local community , but this is not the case with an international DC ,” he says .
Haringsma believes that in the future , every town and village should have its own DC , and must give back to society , in energy that should all eventually be recyclable .
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