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watch the cost of electricity go up because the demand created by data centers. i'm building an off grid solar system right now and it ain't cheap! thinking abo

watch the cost of electricity go up because the demand created by data centers. i'm building an off grid solar system right now and it ain't cheap! thinking about a future where consumers are competing with data centers for electricity makes me think it might feel cheap in the future, though.

unstablediffusi 1y ago
bro, how much did your electricity cost go up because of millions of people playing games on their 500w+ gpus? by a billion of people watching youtube? by hundreds of millions of women and children scrolling instagram and tiktok 8 hours a day?
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- greenie_beans 1y ago
  this is not the same thing and all the AI CEOs would agree with me. very absurd statement to try to use for your argument. but here is some data bro! https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610
nhdjd 1y ago
Fusion will show up soon dont worry. AI will accelerate its arrival.
- greenie_beans 1y ago
  good luck w that
- NoGravitas 1y ago
  Instead of always being 30 years in the future, it's now always 15 years in the future!
antihero 1y ago
Datacentre operators want to keep energy costs down and also have capital to make it happen.
- greenie_beans 1y ago
  weird i didn't know they could build nuclear power plants (surely you are being sarcastic?) also this is weird i thought electricity prices only get cheaper? https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610
  - skeaker 1y ago
    Yes, tech corps have actually have been investing in nuclear. See some recent discussion: Microsoft: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41601443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41601443 Google: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41840769 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41840769
    - greenie_beans 1y ago
      would be great if ai forces better energy. but > The deal would help enable a revival of Unit 1 of the five-decades-old facility in Pennsylvania that was retired in 2019 due to economic reasons. i wonder why they stopped producing energy in 2019 even though energy prices have gone up over the five decades?
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unstablediffusi 1y ago

bro, how much did your electricity cost go up because of millions of people playing games on their 500w+ gpus? by a billion of people watching youtube? by hundreds of millions of women and children scrolling instagram and tiktok 8 hours a day?

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greenie_beans 1y ago
this is not the same thing and all the AI CEOs would agree with me. very absurd statement to try to use for your argument. but here is some data bro! https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610

nhdjd 1y ago

Fusion will show up soon dont worry. AI will accelerate its arrival.

greenie_beans 1y ago
good luck w that
NoGravitas 1y ago
Instead of always being 30 years in the future, it's now always 15 years in the future!

antihero 1y ago

Datacentre operators want to keep energy costs down and also have capital to make it happen.

greenie_beans 1y ago
weird i didn't know they could build nuclear power plants (surely you are being sarcastic?) also this is weird i thought electricity prices only get cheaper? https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610
- skeaker 1y ago
  Yes, tech corps have actually have been investing in nuclear. See some recent discussion: Microsoft: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41601443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41601443 Google: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41840769 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41840769
  - greenie_beans 1y ago
    would be great if ai forces better energy. but > The deal would help enable a revival of Unit 1 of the five-decades-old facility in Pennsylvania that was retired in 2019 due to economic reasons. i wonder why they stopped producing energy in 2019 even though energy prices have gone up over the five decades?
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