Comment on Climate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coal
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 2 days agoAnd the nuclear ?
You skipped it somehow.
Comment on Climate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coal
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 2 days agoAnd the nuclear ?
You skipped it somehow.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
you seem to have missed my point.
If humanity’s energy requirements without AI are x, and AI’s requirements are an additional y, then AI is reponsible for the worst energy sources up to the value of y.
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 2 days ago
I’m just pointing out the fact that you mention nuclear energy and then discarded it in your follow up.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
What ?
I didn’t “discard” it, it’s just not a pertinent inclusion. I also didn’t mention geothermal power, or wheelbarrows.
It doesn’t matter what type of power is plugged into data centres. Turning them off would reduce coal power consumption.
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 2 days ago
I live in a country that produces 70+% of its energy through nuclear reactors.
Sure we are definitely an exception but turning off datacenters where I live wouldn’t change anything about coal.
To be clear I’m not advocating for nuclear energy nor am I saying it’s a bad option.
Every country has a different energy mix, some more “carbon efficient” than others let’s say but it is not only revolving about coal and renewables.
Anyway, I think it’s fairly clear to me the datacenters won’t shutdown anytime soon even without AI it’s gonna be a major consumption of energy in any country. So I think nuclear should definitely at least considered as an option and to some extent be part of any energy mix. I think everyone knows that only renewables is not really a realistic scenario. Coal obviously is the worst option in any amount. So yeah, I was surprised that you didn’t mention it that’s it. I do think it’s very much relevant to the topic of the ever increasing energy consumption we are all gonna face in the future. This post would probably not even exist if we shutdown datacenters but I suppose you meant it as shutting down only processing power toward AI. But still we will need more datacenters in the future no matter what.