silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHow Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t Sayingwww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·1 year agoThe oil industry must be so giddy to have found a new scape goat out of nowhere. Datacenters take a lot of energy because they serve a lot of people. The impact can be lessened with a proper grid centered around renewable. There are actual things that are fucking up the planet, individuals using AI, gaming or having a Google account aren’t the actual issue.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoData center demand has created huge backlog of gas turbine orders. They’re not planning on renewables for the next big expansion
The oil industry must be so giddy to have found a new scape goat out of nowhere.
Datacenters take a lot of energy because they serve a lot of people. The impact can be lessened with a proper grid centered around renewable.
There are actual things that are fucking up the planet, individuals using AI, gaming or having a Google account aren’t the actual issue.
Data center demand has created huge backlog of gas turbine orders. They’re not planning on renewables for the next big expansion