If you've been to the world you for the last, you'll know great shift is not some big event. It's here.
This is true in the world of. Ten years ago, were more to walk into a or to place a bet,now they do it to the of on a., sites and games are all on the up. While we know that these can in a venue, they do also them. These game and a wider range of games to from. They tend to have and, of, like. It's to make seem like a.
Yet with on the news, COP26 freak more, one area is:are sites more?
The may not be as as you think...
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It's not just their. up extra area with lots, and even built road such as and to make.
Often by, many can also to buy prime in city,using up land that could have been used for. It's led to to the of areas, like in the case in, where local to block its in 2008.
What's more, if the local isn't ready for a new, then we get other – jams. Whena new in in 1991, local were by huge of up local and.
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The has taken its toll on, but even well into the age, they in huge of.
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All those need to get to the, as most of us don't have the of one on our. the most way to do that is there, a more to the's each time.
To take the of Las Vegas again,most of its fly there as it's in the of the, but that's just the start. The of who go there every year aren't there to enjoy it: they want to out. This means more, and more to power the; that they't have had they at home.
Let's not the's, too, there every dayto deal us our cards and serve us and., all those games need power – and lots of it. is to a's, from the to those on slots games. a Las Vegas's power found that the there bill of over $350,000 per month. Again, this is an, but it gives us an idea of just how much is for a to. may be fun for, but not so much for our.
The US Fish and that huge with lots of are forup to one bird a year in the US- and what do many have? Lots of glass.
But why does this? Well, birds can't tell the the in the glass and real life, soif they see the sky in the glass, they'll fly it... don't just have for the; many to their local area.
Part of it is. of the eco of,many have the size of and them to make to the. these in, and the:
There are of these green, as with the case of's Bay Sands. Its went to great to the's, a huge glass lobby façade that saves on, a green roof that, and a.
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When we think about,it's easy to think of them as, the. After all, how can a be bad for the? It needs no space, and its don't need to drive or fly there – it's a that a bit of, right?
Well, while do less than, they are big, for the.
To run an, the them rely on rooms, known as data. Put, these are for., for, has over 200 of them the world.
Data are known. They not only to run the, but they also use to. that these will.2% of by 2025, and our on means this will every four years.
An may not need a whole data to, but if we add up the of them, we start to see for. games may not take the form of, butwe still need to play them. Every time a on their or as notch on the chart., too, need power to work. they to an or log on from home, they're often for hours a day – sure that games are, and are. In the case of live,often 24 hours a day in, the needs to power a to to its, who often tune in from all over the world.
While it's to find about their usage, we can that the of means is going up by the year. at the level of yet, but their usage is that we need to as we work a more going.
Lower are one thing, but how do to the?
Many have only to as legal, that them to is way down on the list of. Most don't in the local of the they are under or use.
What's more, the major that to – the MGA (Malta), Curaçao, and GC (), for, few 'green' for to. While this is, given that they exist to, an of a green means most aren't going to their soon.
While some of the taxes that these do go green, there needs to be from and to if they are about the of. is the best way to do this,, in with or, this is and. a lack of from the that be in the world, some have taken it upon to give look., a, began to 2017. In them, they set out a 'Green code of', which the's and the UN's Goals (SDGs). While they haven't a since 2019, it does set a good to the rest of the in being more about their. (IGT) is major who. Even most of their to, like safe, the's 2020 a on ' for the'. In it, it deals and waste, as well as how it the data for them to make. and IGT aren't the only two that take in the, but there of work for the to be it wants its to its.
The easy, and true,. They don't belch out like their, and don't or their to fly or drive there.
As gets more and more, there's a that the shift is only good news for the — butit's not as as that. have needs of their own. Their role in the rise in the use of data is, and one that when up new.
To draw a line in the sand and mark as real, sites must look to use for their. such as be at the of their and plans. and must also play their part by green sites to limit their.
If the can its in a way, then we will be on the path to.
