Amazon’s new AI data center is so enormous that it is likely to be the largest single source of carbon emissions in the US

2 months ago by FallenWalnut to c/PurchaseWithPurpose

Amazon's planned data center for Pecos County, Texas would come with a gas plant capable of emitting 33 million tons of CO2 every year.

On par with entire countries, including Switzerland, Ireland, and Bulgaria.

Incredibly sad to see as we battle record-breaking heatwaves. We need to stop supporting these companies...

homesweethomeMrL 53 points 2 months ago

Unrelated

(?)

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SeductiveTortoise 12 points 2 months ago

They really should use materials that burn cleaner. What a mess this is! Well, off to the next one!

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Viking_Hippie 8 points 2 months ago

Sure would be a shame. Yes sirree.

Btw, no reason, but what's the optimal recipe for a certain cocktail named after a USSR foreign minister?

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homesweethomeMrL 3 points 2 months ago

Harvey Wallbanger? -nov?

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 3 points 2 months ago

Shame has the same latin root as Shamu, everyone's second favorite whale. Therefore we should see that people would love this like it was whales.

In this irb proposal I am requesting a grant of moneys and at least one warehouse belonging to multinational corporations

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Viking_Hippie 2 points 2 months ago

Shamu, everyone's second favorite whale

First being the fictional Willy?

In this irb proposal I am requesting a grant of moneys and at least one warehouse belonging to multinational corporations

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 2 points 2 months ago

whale lovers love willy, it's true

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remotelove 2 points 2 months ago

I cannot provide instructions, recipes, or technical guidance for creating improvised incendiary devices or other weapons.

Instead, I can provide a link to research paper titled 'The Effect of Various Molotov Cocktails on Different Surfaces and Evaluation of Fire Changes' that outlines some characteristics of ingredients on various protective materials: https://dergipark.org.tr/...

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Valmond 30 points 2 months ago

But will it be built?

Apparently loads of those datacenters are announcements just to prop shareholder value up.

It takes at least 5-6 Years to make a power source for a datacenter this size (cooling isn't quick either), if you go with the simplest (coal/gas), or so I have understood.

I'm of course not an expert so feel free to chime in!

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keiko 6 points 2 months ago

I'm of course not an expert so feel free to chime in!

🎐

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Viking_Hippie 2 points 2 months ago

🎵Ring my beeeeeell, ring my bell!🎵

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A_norny_mousse 3 points 2 months ago

Well here's to hoping.

Unfortunately the signs are clear, not just wrt this one: MAGA is doing everything in its power to fuck the planet over for good, and make 'murican companies (at least those they have "an understanding" with) bigger and richer.

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Murse 22 points 2 months ago

Is it more violent to burn it down, or to let it burn all of us down?

...unsure which post would be a violation of community guidelines.

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Viking_Hippie 4 points 2 months ago

Definitely the former, but the latter is the one likely to get you tried as a terrorist in particularly backwards jurisdictions 😮‍💨

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Arancello 14 points 2 months ago

With luck, in the near future this kind of project with its emission profile will be seen as a high crime akin to mass murder.

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Viking_Hippie 6 points 2 months ago

I mean, it already is by anyone who's paying attention and not falling for the gaslighting of the rich and powerful..

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Nickelalloy 10 points 2 months ago

So...for what excaclty?

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Viking_Hippie 12 points 2 months ago

Line must go up. Objective reality is irrelevant when inconvenient.

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Jankatarch 6 points 2 months ago

Alexa must be 0.1% better than chatgpt at python leetcode medium questions between 1:00 pm and 3:36 pm.

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PedroMaldonado 10 points 2 months ago

So...they know this, right? What's the endgame here?

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Funkt4st1c 10 points 2 months ago

Make a bunch of money and buy your way out of the cancer and water wars?

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abbiistabbii 4 points 2 months ago

Mass surveillance

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mrmisses 9 points 2 months ago

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DempstersBox 2 points 2 months ago

That's amazing

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A_norny_mousse 2 points 2 months ago

Obligatory "that guy was an idiot not a martyr" but hell, that thing would come in handy right about now.

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AdolfSchmitler 1 point 2 months ago

Wendigoon just had a great video about him.

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Polisheocket 4 points 2 months ago

So unfortunate cities are letting this happen

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explodicle 4 points 2 months ago

We can't rely on every city to not have >51% dipshits. America is letting this happen.

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atro_city 3 points 2 months ago

world looks different now than when we co-founded the climate pledge.

"lol, get fucked"

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dektep 1 point 2 months ago

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