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The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible (futurism.com)
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[–] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So, requiring them to cover their datacenters with solar farms would lessen power requirements by 9% plus whatever offset to cooling costs, that's not nothing as we try to find ways to power these things beyond private natural gas plants, which they can't keep doing.

[–] Jaycifer@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago

That should definitely be the barest minimum, it’s just insane to me how much one of these data centers demands. Even beyond the privacy/copyright concerns, it doesn’t seem to me like the benefits of training models faster justifies the costs.