inari@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoThe Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensiblefuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1917
arrow-up1917external-linkThe Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensiblefuturism.cominari@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square201fedilink
minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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.