We deployed a fuck ton of AI servers to process data from the square kilometer array recently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Kilometre_Array

This doubled the heat output from the datacenter.

Sometimes it's hard for me to tell whether I'm contributing to something bad or not. It does weigh on my conscience knowing that compute is being used for such nefarious reasons now. I probably wouldn't have ever gotten into computers if I knew this is what would happen.

I still think that datacenter hate is just a trend fueled by a lot of misinformation. First world problem voiced by people who are bored and have no idea what they are talking about.

I saw a sticker on a post downtown recently that said "burn down your local datacenter" and shit like this makes me not even want to tell people irl what I do for work anymore.

Also, yeah, you shouldn't open a conversation by calling someone a dumbass. Lame.