kinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoIn a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt useswww.technologyreview.comexternal-linkmessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down18
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minus-squarenull@lemmy.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down4·edit-216 hours agoBecause demand for data centers is rising, with AI as just one of many reasons. But that’s not as flashy as telling people it takes the energy of a small country to make a picture of a cat. Also interesting that we’re ignoring something here – big tech is chasing cheap sources of clean energy. Don’t we want cheap, clean energy?
minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·56 minutes agoSure we do. Do we want the big tech corporations to hold the reins of that though?
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoDidn’t xitter just install a gas powered data center that’s breaking EPA rules for emissions?
minus-squareTomArrr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 minutes agoYes, yes it did. And as far as I can tell, it’s still belching it out, just so magats can keep getting owned by it. What a world https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/07/07/a-billionaire-an-ai-supercomputer-toxic-emissions-and-a-memphis-community-that-did-nothing-wrong/
Because demand for data centers is rising, with AI as just one of many reasons.
But that’s not as flashy as telling people it takes the energy of a small country to make a picture of a cat.
Also interesting that we’re ignoring something here – big tech is chasing cheap sources of clean energy. Don’t we want cheap, clean energy?
Sure we do. Do we want the big tech corporations to hold the reins of that though?
Didn’t xitter just install a gas powered data center that’s breaking EPA rules for emissions?
Yes, yes it did. And as far as I can tell, it’s still belching it out, just so magats can keep getting owned by it. What a world
https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/07/07/a-billionaire-an-ai-supercomputer-toxic-emissions-and-a-memphis-community-that-did-nothing-wrong/