Comment on Climate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coal
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days agoDatacenter != AI
Except the demand for new data centers is driven entirely by the capacity constraints of the current AI models.
If you are using the internet for anything with cloud storage, you are contributing to datacenter growth.
“Why are you mad at my SUV when you just adopted a pet chihuahua? They both emit carbon!”
FlowVoid@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m not sure that’s true. Every company uses storage, and every growing company needs more. But very few companies are training generative AIs.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You’re comparing mountains to molehills. That’s before you consider improvements in storage and compression relative to demands for space, or the degree to which our storage capacity “needs” are predicated on the voracious appetite of AI models and their unwanted output. Or, for that matter, the inefficient distribution of data and proliferation of spam data that predates it.
Most US Growth Now Rides on AI—And Economists Suspect a Bubble
The expansion in demand is entirely being driven by the expansion in AI capacity.
FlowVoid@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That article doesn’t say what you imply it does. Companies may be using ChatGPT to grow, but that doesn’t mean they are training AIs.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s the MAG7 that’s driving growth. And they’re all fixated on training AI in some capacity
It costs $5 for each 10s video generation, based on Azure’s published rates for the first Sora model.
That’s presumably a lot of energy.