inari@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoThe Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensiblefuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square179linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10 cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoRegardless of what power source you use, all of the power going into a datacentre comes out as heat. So even a 1GW solar plant powering an AI datacentre is putting 1GW of heat into the atmosphere.
Regardless of what power source you use, all of the power going into a datacentre comes out as heat. So even a 1GW solar plant powering an AI datacentre is putting 1GW of heat into the atmosphere.