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I hear AI data centers are consuming more power than the entire country of Argentina /s But I don't hear anyone worried about the massive power consumption wit
by x86x87 1y ago
I hear AI data centers are consuming more power than the entire country of Argentina /s
But I don't hear anyone worried about the massive power consumption without a clear indication if this is a net positive for our society.
- criddell 1y ago> if this is a net positive for our society Maybe that's something that can only be determined looking back. There are so many unknown unknowns.
- zegax 1y agoRoughly 5% of energy in the US is dedicated towards AI datacenters. The current usage will double to 70–90 TWh/year by 2026-2027. For software heavy tech businesses it makes sense to host your own AI data center so that you could train it on your codebase and have developers build faster. Not sure if this benefits humanity that much..
- mattmanser 1y agoWill it? Google originally started trying to sell search servers you'd install on site. And on prem (even on your cloud) is not a model any of the big boys will want to follow. We're yet to see if it's going to be a winner takes all market or whether there will end up a Linux equivalent pop up that destroys all the investment from the big players because programmers are too tight to pay for software.
- woah 1y agoIs Argentina a net positive for our society? There's the grilled beef, but every country has some kind of barbecue. There's a few soccer players I guess? Is Argentina worth the energy expenditure though?
- x86x87 1y agothat was a joke regarding bitcoin not Argentina. also: congrats for jumping to the worst possible interpretation