return2ozma@lemmy.world to White People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 8 days agoHeatwave is no joke...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square269fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarekersplomp@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoCan we stop with the AI misinformation? AI is not slurping up consumer power. All major tech companies use privately generated, non-consumer power. It’s bitcoin. Bitcoin is still causing these power grid issues, and has been causing them since 2019.
minus-squarekersplomp@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoThey buy power plants and run it themselves. It improves reliability. For example, Google owns its own solar and wind farms. People are downvoting because they want to hate AI. And hating AI is valid. There are many reasons not to like AI. Environmental and power reasons are not one of them.
minus-squareotto_von@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoBut they are probably still using the power grid in cases where there is no wind or sun for their wind and solar farms, right?
minus-squarekeyez@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoThat power and HVAC in those data centers is still being used though, regardless of if it’s from the same supply consumers would use
minus-squarekersplomp@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoIt’s from solar and wind power. It’s not the same thing.
Can we stop with the AI misinformation? AI is not slurping up consumer power. All major tech companies use privately generated, non-consumer power.
It’s bitcoin. Bitcoin is still causing these power grid issues, and has been causing them since 2019.
How does this work exactly?
They buy power plants and run it themselves. It improves reliability. For example, Google owns its own solar and wind farms.
People are downvoting because they want to hate AI. And hating AI is valid. There are many reasons not to like AI. Environmental and power reasons are not one of them.
But they are probably still using the power grid in cases where there is no wind or sun for their wind and solar farms, right?
That power and HVAC in those data centers is still being used though, regardless of if it’s from the same supply consumers would use
It’s from solar and wind power. It’s not the same thing.