3 ms·
All at the cost of ... {List of negatives regarding the construction and powering of AI data centers }
by doctorwho42 2mo ago
All at the cost of ... {List of negatives regarding the construction and powering of AI data centers }
- dan_ggggg 2mo agoThe social costs are worse.
- doctorwho42 2mo agoI dunno, concentrating the environmental impact of 20GW of gas based power generation would be the equivalent of 6-9 Million cars running... All in the space of a corner of a small city
- dan_ggggg 2mo agoThat sounds much worse than I had expected. Is this enough consumption to significantly affect the local price of gasoline? Edit: Why don't they have lower-emission power sources?
- doctorwho42 2mo agoWe do have lower emission alternatives, but not at the cost point... Remember these are corporations trying to make the largest profit possible
- wredcoll 2mo agoIf you added up the negative effect of every single "ai data center" you'd end up with less than a single coal mine. It's good to think about second order impacts but this is not useful.
- doctorwho42 2mo agoCitation needed, Just one 20 GW AI data center which is being built with gas powered turbine generator power plant, will be the largest fossil fuel power plant in the world... How exactly is that the same as one coal mine