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"A Future Vision of Data Centres: From Big Tech Builds to Community-Owned Cooperatives":
in Belgium, Nubo Cooperative offers an email service, cloud storage, digital calendar and domain name, all run on local, Nubo-owned servers. When you purchase any of these services, you become a member of Nubo and can participate in decision-making as part of the cooperative. “This allows users to place trust in the structure that manages the services,” Nubo writes on its website. It compares this to a private company, where “the lack of transparency makes trust impossible”. The cooperative commits to allocating profits to achieve social objectives rather than using them to enrich shareholders.
This is actually a very interesting idea...
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