Classical styling won't redeem those hideous hell-holes, data centres.
Data centres are vile conflagrations which despoil our countryside, ravage our precious natural resources and consume massive quantities of water and electricity ('Graeme Nicholls plans massive Ancient Greek-inspired data centre in Fife', AJ 09.06.26). They are hideous, ugly dystopian hell-holes, wh...
| Publicado en: | Architects' Journal p. 21 |
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| Formato: | Letter to the Editor |
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EMAP Publishing Limited
8/20/2026
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