return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoAmazon's New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United Statesfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up1900arrow-down17cross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
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minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days ago7.65 GW × 24 hrs / 6 kW/m2/day = 30.6 km2 of just solar panels, just for this one data center The solution isn’t solar, the solution is don’t build it
7.65 GW × 24 hrs / 6 kW/m2/day = 30.6 km2 of just solar panels, just for this one data center
The solution isn’t solar, the solution is don’t build it