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The Invisible Energy Crisis (Access to Electricity) Threatening to Derail the AI Boom | OilPrice.com (oilprice.com)
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But with all that spending going into the AI buildout, there’s one question many don’t appear to be asking: where is all of that electricity actually going to come from?

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[–] 4 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

You'd think with budgets of billions, they could afford to build them near lakes/rivers in sunny areas, and do their own cooling and solar. But apparently that major component of a datacenter design - cooling and power - is rarely taken into account.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    They could, but that would mean water treatment before being used (money their profit-driven asses refuse to spend). It's why they always go for drinkable aquifers: the water is already high-quality, and fuck everybody who needs it to live!

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