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New AI Data Center Is So Huge That It'll Generate the Heat of 23 Atomic Bombs Every Single Day (futurism.com)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/74351191

A proposed data center in northwestern Alberta could generate dozens of atomic bombs worth of heat every day.

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[–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

They could use the heat to keep green houses warm, heat towns, or use it for power generation even.

Which is exactly what I'm suggesting?
I'm not talking about water consumption of evaporative cooling, I'm more talking about the massive power inputs that put 100% of that heat into the surrounding environment. It would be amazing if that could be reduced to only 70% of the energy input.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    It costs money to do it, so you would have to legislate and enforce those requirements. A companies' leadership will never spend money on public good unless they are told they have to, so regulation is the only way to make it happen.

    It's just like O&G industry. Norway and Denmark taxes and regulates the crap out of it, North America doesn't because "capitalism rules" (or is that corruption?).

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