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minus-squareCatoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·19 days ago However, the pollution comes from the source of power. Unless the AI is running on fairy dust, its energy use is very much a part of how sustainable it is.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·19 days agoIt is important to anticipate the argument that they are getting the power from renewable sources.
minus-squareCatoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·19 days agoBut they aren’t. What they could be doing is irrelevant, none of the big ones are running 100% (or probably even 50%) green energy.
minus-squareMiddleAgesModem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·18 days ago running 100% Of course not, no company is. That’s not viable yet.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·19 days agoThis is anticipating the arguments in front of the planning boards. I get that a lot of data centers use coal and other polluting sources of power. The problem is how that gets represented when trying to create local opposition.
Unless the AI is running on fairy dust, its energy use is very much a part of how sustainable it is.
It is important to anticipate the argument that they are getting the power from renewable sources.
But they aren’t. What they could be doing is irrelevant, none of the big ones are running 100% (or probably even 50%) green energy.
Of course not, no company is. That’s not viable yet.
This is anticipating the arguments in front of the planning boards.
I get that a lot of data centers use coal and other polluting sources of power. The problem is how that gets represented when trying to create local opposition.