That means that a 500, 000 sq ft facility would require 181 million sq ft of power generation or, converted to a ratio, each data center sq ft would require 362 sq ft of land.

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Ace has already opened 400 scaled down locations of 5, 000 sq. ft. or less located inside other retail formats like supermarkets and paint stores, according to The Chicago Tribune.

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That sees a ban on shark fishing and possession or sale of shark products in an area now totalling 6.7 million sq km - nearly the size of Australia.

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Brazil's government pledged to cut the amount of illegal deforestation in the Amazon over the next decade to 5, 000 sq km (1, 930 square miles) a year, or less than half the current rate.

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