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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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[–] 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don't understand how those count as backup generators when they are clearly being used all the damn time.

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    • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    I am shocked! Shocked!
    Well not that shocked.

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    [–] 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    It's about 0.2-0.5% of the global total.

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