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Protecting Who? “Bring Your Own Power” Projects for AI Data Centers Would Wreak Havoc on Communities and the Environment, New Report Finds

20 hours ago by beep to c/technology

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The rapid expansion of “Bring Your Own Power” arrangements for AI data centers will lead to a massive gas buildout that poses serious risks to communities and the environment
username_1 12 points 19 hours ago

Force them to use wind/solar. "AI" now are filthy rich so they will manage to use green energy and still be filthy profitable.

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benjirenji 1 point 18 hours ago

Still needs to follow environmental protections and go easy on the locals. Having wind turbines everywhere just for data centers isn't so great either.

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el_muerte 4 points 16 hours ago

Sure it is. Once the bubble bursts in a few years and most of the data centres are converted to indoor pickleball courts, there'll be plenty of free power generation for all.

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username_1 3 points 18 hours ago

isn’t so great either

With such an attitude you will just hate anything. You can't have en "extremely ideal all-around nice variant without even the tiniest flaw". Real world doesn't work that way :)

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benjirenji 2 points 16 hours ago

We don't need that many data centers, so we also don't need to expand energy production at this scale.

Even renewables have an impact and for some reason countries love to build their solar parks in nature reserves rather than a desert. Go figure.

You gotta weigh the pros and cons for every decision. This has nothing to do with perfectionism when the cons are clearly outnumbering the pros.

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unitedwithme 1 point 20 hours ago

Another reason to say FUCK AI (aka Trump's "super intelligence" since it way outsmarts him)

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gastroglizzy 0 points 20 hours ago

So don't build them. Problem solved.

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