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-square202linkfedilinkarrow-up1924arrow-down126 cross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
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minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 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.