Can this be regulated at some point? The planet is going to get scorched?
this post was submitted on 19 May 2026
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This could've been regulated decades ago. We chose not to regulate it, because we were told it would hurt the economy, and we always choose benefits to the economy, whether they are real or imagined, over environmental regulation. Always have, always will. We're still doing it today. We could regulate it today too. But AI is now the foundation of our economy, so we will choose what we imagine will benefit the economy, even if it is completely imaginary, over the real impacts to the environment, yet again. Because we always do. The cult of capitalism has brainwashed us all and there doesn't seem to be any escape. The capital in the economy must grow, forever. The people who benefit from it will make sure to tell us so when they tell us what decision we must make for the sake of the economy that benefits them. And we will listen to them, because they have lots of money so they are ideal successful people whose success we rely on for our own meager lives.
You are probably right.
Very selfish though. Leaving the environmental issues to their descendants.
Don't worry they've got a plan for that. They're going to let most of humanity die off and kill each other fighting for the scraps they've left behind, while they use money to live as close to forever as they can get, while hiding in their bunkers and protecting their own descendants. Once humanity is down to a few million people at most, the environmental problems should stop getting worse and their army of robots can clean up the rest.
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On the plus side when it is 120F there you won't notice.
How close to a data center do you have to live to experience the 'living by power lines' health effects?
I wonder where the vast majority of air intake happens on a building like this. Asking for a friend
Most likely not one centralized spot. It'll vary by location, but most will likely have cooling units on the roof that each have their own intake.
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This is the feature and everyone has to accept it! Imagine cooking in the summer with heat from the data center! /J
And I was blaming grandma for leaving the oven door open again.