Faster and Efficient Storage with HuggingFace; Impact of Cloud Computing Infrastructure 38 views

Over the last decade, data centers have been proliferating in Northern Virginia. Because they demand substantial resources in the form of electric power, water, and land, the trend has been divisive. To corporate proponents and their local allies, data centers promise employment, economic growth, and tech sector leadership. Their critics, however, contend that data centers are unsustainable, drive up costs for limited resources, and degrade regional quality of life. Proponents of data centers typically use relative efficiency metrics to frame them as sustainable, while opponents measure their resource costs in more absolute terms. The data center case thus illustrates how controversial trends are framed differently according to the respective interests and values of the competing social groups.

BS (Bachelor of Science)

Data; Cloud Computing Infrastructure; Environmental Impact

School of Engineering and Applied Science Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Technical Advisor: Yue Cheng STS Advisor: Peter Norton Technical Team Members: Chinmay Gowda

English

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2025-12-16