Comment on 'A Black Hole of Energy Use': Meta's Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community

ieatpwns@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• dhork@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The irony is that they often have backup diesel generators, so even if they cause a blackout they will still be able to service everyone’s AI requests to do their homework for them

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  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    do they have 2 GW of backup generators, though?

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    • kokope11i@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      A properly built data center will be able to cover its full usage. They are just scaling up a known method. High availability is built into these things.

      When a data center loses power for any length of time, it is a big deal requiring a full investigation and mitigation.

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      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        that’s a lot of fuel. and smoke too.

        and I assume they need to replace all that fuel once in a while even if unused, because it goes bad in a few years

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  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What Zuckerberg did not mention is that “Let’s go build” refers not only to the massive data center but also three new Meta-subsidized, gas power plants and a transmission line to fuel it serviced by Entergy Louisiana, the region’s energy monopoly.

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  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Thank god our power is being sucked up for cheating and generating AI porn.

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• TheFriar@lemm.ee ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You mean three weeks into summer? We started our summer with a massive heatwave where I am.

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