Sure we do. Do we want the big tech corporations to hold the reins of that though?
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null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 3 weeks agoBecause demand for data centers is rising, with AI as just one of many reasons.
But that’s not as flashy as telling people it takes the energy of a small country to make a picture of a cat.
Dojan@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If cheap(er/better) energy is invented then that’s good, why would tech corpos be able to “hold the reins” of it exclusively?
Dojan@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Well, patents and what have you are a thing. I’m mostly thinking that I wouldn’t want e.g. Facebook to run any nuclear reactors or energy grids. That’s something I prefer the government does.
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nuclear reactors already exist, that’s not new tech.
Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Sir we do not make reasonable points in here, you’re supposed to hate AI irrationally and shut up.
boor@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
AI is the driver of the parabolic spike in global data center buildouts. No other use case comes close in terms of driving new YoY growth in tech infra capex spend.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Didn’t xitter just install a gas powered data center that’s breaking EPA rules for emissions?
TomArrr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes, yes it did. And as far as I can tell, it’s still belching it out, just so magats can keep getting owned by it. What a world
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