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[–] 16 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

Yes but data center growth prior to AI was manageable. There isn't a grid on the planet (except maybe china?) which can support the growth of AI data centers.

These people have to plan energy needs on a 10-20 year life cycle, not 2. It's the 2 that's the problem.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The bitcoin miners have hopefully dropped off because they were chewing up gobs of energy too.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    I thought they were totally just using flare gas and renewables ;) 🙄

    But my understanding for real is that ai data centers are just the same hardware as buttcoin but more of it and organized. The venture capitalists finally got what they wanted, blowing their wad on Nvidia.

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