US data centers could wipe out 15 years' worth of progress in greenhouse gas emissions, report claims — buildouts could emit as much carbon dioxide as all of Mexico
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  • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    It’s funny how they’re still saying “could”, when they really should be saying “will”.

  • eicker@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    251·
    14 hours ago

    The best part is that we spent 15 years cutting emissions just so a handful of billionaires could burn the savings teaching chatbots to summarize emails nobody wanted to read. Then they’ll sell us AI powered climate solutions, funded by taxpayers, to clean up the mess. Innovation really is a beautiful circle.

    • zarathustrad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      Here’s a crazy idea, spend the money on power/network infrastructure now, and build more renewable power generation as we go.

      That way, in the worst case scenario, you have cheap renewable power for a generation rather than warehouses of depreciating and unused silicon.

      Wonder why they decided to run them on NG… Hmmm