Debate on data centers, defense of Renfe for Puente and financing of The Boring Company

The regulations on the installation of data centers prepared by the Government have reopened the debate on the benefits and costs of these infrastructures. The experience of other countries, such as the United States, advises caution: the increase in the electricity rate, which ends up affecting all consumers, has generated enormous rejection among the citizens of the North American country. Likewise, the Spanish electricity grid is already very saturated and has little room for new connections. And the creation of jobs generated by these centers is relatively ephemeral, a couple of years dedicated to building them; Therefore, its management is not very labor intensive.

Irish rural areas have proven that this business is not a panacea, and the country's regulations now force large technology companies, in practice, to generate their own energy. It is the model that the Spanish Government has imitated in its draft, which, with its appropriate adjustments, should not close the doors to investment, but neither should it ignore that it has its counterparts.

Óscar Puente is comfortable defending Renfe's performance

Óscar Puente does not bite his tongue when defending Renfe, the company dependent on his ministry, from many of the railway incidents of recent days. The minister gives examples, such as a storm or a fire that, effectively, are beyond the company's control. In a sense, he is right. It does not seem reasonable to hold a government responsible for any unforeseeable mishap. Now, perhaps he is exaggerating when he imagines that each stopped train ends up becoming, in the traveler's head, a personal accusation against him. People don't have time to think about Óscar Puente all day.

Elon Musk puts investors to work

The Boring Company, the tunnel company that Elon Musk created after becoming desperate in a traffic jam, has just raised $3 billion in a round that raises its valuation to $23 billion. The company, which aims to alleviate congestion by taking part of the traffic underground, already operates in Las Vegas and is preparing new projects in Nashville and Dubai.

The most striking thing is how he got the money. As revealed by The Wall Street Journal, some investors will have to help hire employees or get contacts for future projects; They may even lose part of their participation if they do not comply. Musk has achieved such power of attraction that he seems to have reversed the usual logic: it is no longer enough to put in the money, you have to get to work.

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Suicide can be stopped with sensitivity, and also with information

Two initiatives are launched almost simultaneously to prevent suicide and mitigate its consequences. One is The Last Photo, a campaign that brings together images of people taken shortly before they died to break the silence about suicide. The other is the new surveillance system that Health is preparing, with a state registry that will integrate health, statistical and forensic information.

We'll have to see how it plays out. Preventing suicide is extraordinarily difficult, but a system capable of sharing and analyzing data well could reveal risk patterns, concentrations of cases or changes in trends. Technology would not allow us to guess exactly who is going to commit suicide, but it does offer better clues to intervene sooner.