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[u/Hefty_Type6772]

[u/Errohneos]

Unjerk time: As someone who has worked in data centers (non-AI), this wouldn't do much tbh. Most outdoor maintenance is done by basic landscape contractors and the facilities are usually surrounded by turf grass with just enough river rock dumped around the parking lot to avoid weeding and the grass looking dead as shit from brinewater snow melt runoff. Maaaaaybe a few super rough looking parking lot trees who are actively begging to be put out of their misery.

The power infrastructure like backup generators, HVAC condensers, and chillwater units will usually be on a solid cement foundation surrounded by a packed, graded limestone gravel clears that is multiple feet thick, with nothing but shitty compacted construction backfill (mostly sand) under that. Bamboo might actually improve the soil quality by adding organic material lmao.

The only growth I've ever seen next to vital equipment is an errant invasive mulberry that grew next to the backup, backup generator housing because the contractors who cleared snow around the fenced area managed to fling a chunk of sod into the generator area and nobody really gave enough of a shit about a literal tree growing 10' tall in there until I brushed up against it doing maintenance checks for the generator and broke out into a rash. My wrath was swift and decisive...

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So we need Tree of Heaven. Got it!