Microsoft Pollutes To Avoid Fines

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's Quincy data center, physical home of Bing and Hotmail, was fined $210,000 last year because the data center used too little electricity. To avoid similar penalties for 'underconsumption of electricity' this year, the data center burned through $70,000 worth of electricity in three days."

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Re:stupid inaccurate title as usual

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Would you like to throw out any other unrelated facts while you are on a role here?

Certainly! "If you forget to check your grammar carefully before making a flaming post, you're going to have a bad time."

role, noun: a part or character played by an actor or actress

roll, idiom, "on a roll": enjoying continuing good luck or success