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The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible (futurism.com)
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[–] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

I’ve never seen a data centre with a chimney stack. This must be an American thing.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    It's the "temporary" power plants that are stood up to feed the massive power demands. These are usually gas turbines that are not environmentally friendly at all.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    One example would be the ai data centers Musk has that he illegally had gas generators installed at. The fine compared to not running them at all is small in comparison to keep them on. This is why it needs to be a percentage or increasing stack of cost not just a small fine every time.

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