Comment on This hidden electricity drain can have a massive impact

HowRu68@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Even if it is, this pales in comparison to corporate energy use. www.epa.gov/energy/electricity-customers

  This is shifting the blame, just like pretending your recycling a soda bottle will save the environment compared to the huge amounts of landfill waste generated by companies every day.

  In 2024, datacenters alone consumed 1.5% of global energy. That’s not even counting non-datacenter server facilities. www.iea.org/reports/…/energy-demand-from-ai

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  • HowRu68@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Even if it is, this pales in comparison to corporate energy use.

    Yeah I agree, I later saw that the article focuses on households, which usually account for 20% usage.

    Honestly, I associated the articles headline and photo to energy losses in the Grid by keeping energy online. So gridlosses. The application of smart grid functions will save way more then 5% of a ca 20% household energy usage.

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