I didn’t know that; thanks for sharing.
(BTW, I think you meant wreaking havoc.)
Comment on The Extreme Cost of Training AI Models.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 days agoUnless they’re finding exciting new and efficient ways to generate electricity, I imagine its a linear comparison. Maybe some are worse than others. I know Grok’s datacenter in Mississippi is relying exclusively on portable gas powered electric generators that are wrecking having on the local environment.
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 4 days ago
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 days ago
All my misspellings are part of my charm.
linearchaos@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Maybe this is the push we need to switch to nuclear. The attack is good it just needs somebody with deeper pockets than coal/gas to lobby it.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Microsoft is trying to restart Three Mile Island. But that’s a very old facility. I don’t see too much interest in building new ones.
linearchaos@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Kind of. Microsoft is offering to buy the electricity and put jobs and data centers nearby, the state is reactivating the site.
If more AI companies dedicate to buying vast amounts of electricity, there’s money and jobs in it
But if they eye companies start making concentrated demand, It won’t people with deep pockets long to figure out how to turn up some small scale high output plants.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 days ago
If more AI companies dedicate to buying vast amounts of electricity, there’s money and jobs in it
Google the history of the Vogtle 3 and 4 reactors in Georgia. I don’t think tech firms have 16 years to invest in new energy plants.
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Honestly you can thank decades of anti-nuclear lobbying
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days ago
More the plunge in O&G prices during the 1980s. Coal, oil, and natural gas got incredibly cheap under Reagan after the US cut sweetheart deals with the Saudis. Nuclear has huge upfront development costs, while oil, gas, and coal are very cheap to start up and run incredibly high margins.
Lobbying and activism had very little impact, as evidenced by the campaigns against coal waste and gas flaring and strip mining that all fell flat.
downhomechunk@midwest.social 4 days ago
Gas like natural gas? Or gas like gasoline? I’m sure it’s the former, but I take nothing for granted anymore.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 days ago
npr.org/…/elon-musk-ai-xai-supercomputer-memphis-…
Methane gas engines
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Methane gas isn’t a fossil fuel though, and I believe it’s actually better for the environment to burn it than simply release it, at least as far as global warming goes.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It’s a primary byproduct of Y-Grade gas during fractionation. But it is also less energy dense than your pricier fuels and and lighter. If you’re not using good compression you might as well be venting the fuel as fast as you burn it.