Not just people, but importantly also corporations running their services on Microsoft azure or Google cloud.
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dutchkimble@lemy.lol 2 months ago
But people from those countries must also be using Google and Microsoft
golli@lemm.ee 2 months ago
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
There might be some double counting, but it doesn’t matter - this just illustrates the insane scale of these companies.
filister@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Correction, the insane amount of energy the AI needs
Num10ck@lemmy.world 2 months ago
perhaps until they get neural links installed on prisoners.
FishFace@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Comparing huge multinational countries which serve every country to the half of countries with the smallest energy usage is not terribly illustrative.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I think you meant comparing companies, guessing autocorrect got you.
And I disagree, it’s useful, but more useful would be a chart of countries and multi-nationals, with the company usage removed from the country usage, to see it more clearly.