silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 6 months agoHow Bad Is A.I. for the Climate? Tech giants are building power-hungry data centers to run their artificial intelligence tools. The costs of that demand surge are becoming clearer.messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkHow Bad Is A.I. for the Climate? Tech giants are building power-hungry data centers to run their artificial intelligence tools. The costs of that demand surge are becoming clearer.messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·6 months agoThe energy mix used by datacenters varies a LOT. There are a bunch running on hydropower in the US pacific northwest, but also a ton which were co-located with coal-burning power plants in Virginia and Ohio.
The energy mix used by datacenters varies a LOT.
There are a bunch running on hydropower in the US pacific northwest, but also a ton which were co-located with coal-burning power plants in Virginia and Ohio.