The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible

The extent of the pollution being put out by thousands of data centers is shocking. Some developers are exploiting regulatory loopholes.

meat 3 points 2 days ago

It's about 0.2-0.5% of the global total.

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Not_mikey 4 points 2 days ago

That actually seems pretty comprehensible...

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IhaveCrabs111 1 point 2 days ago

They said almost

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humble_boatsman 1 point 2 days ago

The global total of what?

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victorz 1 point 2 days ago

Pollution?

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