AI is set to drive surging electricity demand from data centres. (www.iea.org)
from Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 10 Apr 14:48
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nick@midwest.social on 10 Apr 15:03 next collapse

Wife works at our electric company in the policy and supply dept. That ship done sailed, we are already fucked.

Since the dipshits got rid of nuclear, we now can’t keep up with the demand as it stands, let alone with the coming ai bullshit.

Buckle up everybody.

MintyFresh@lemmy.world on 10 Apr 15:54 next collapse

This is why we’ve seen such interest in fusion tech lately imho…

Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 10 Apr 16:04 next collapse

Generative AI data center energy usage is environmentally wasteful and will just raise the cost of energy for regular consumers.

Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org on 11 Apr 04:14 collapse

When will we finally start to call ‘waste of electricity’ a sin?