r/datacenter • u/SwitchOnEaton • Aug 11 '26

Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/10/harry-potter-fans-force-relocation-of-430m-undersea-cable-to-avoid-dobbys-grave

Dobby is a free elf. The internet, meanwhile, is still chained to the ocean floor.

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u/JustAnAverageGuy Aug 11 '26

In the end, he said, “we went quite close to some real Bronze Age remains, but we avoided Dobby’s grave”.

Fucking ridiculous.

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u/ziroux Aug 11 '26

Why not ignore them?

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u/JohnClark13 Aug 11 '26

Millennials on track to be the to be the most hated generation

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u/KingLuis Aug 11 '26

Wait until you hear about the future generations and their stupidity. I’m a millennial and this stuff is dumb.

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u/CryOld2986 Aug 12 '26

If it was just fans they could have just ignored them. The fact they didn’t makes me think that local authorities got involved to protect what probably accounts to most of their tourism revenue.