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> The industry consumes as much electricity as Britain—and rising I'd rather have datacenters than entirety of britain so I think that's easy tradeoff to make.
by ilyt 3y ago
> The industry consumes as much electricity as Britain—and rising
I'd rather have datacenters than entirety of britain so I think that's easy tradeoff to make.
But on serious side, what a joke of an article. I'd imagine just not driving to work gotta save far more power than average user's datacenter usage footprint.
- DoingIsLearning 3y ago> I'd imagine just not driving to work gotta save far more power than average user's datacenter usage footprint. No need to imagine, road transport is 11.9% of global GHG emissions. [0] https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2020/09/Emissions-by-sector-%E2%80%93-pie-charts.png https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2020/09/Emissions-by-sect...
- ilyt 3y agoYeah and COVID showed how much impact it can make. Also the part of now-vacant office spaces could be converted to residential, relieving a bit of pressure on the housing market.