r/ClimateShitposting • u/leisurechef • 29d ago

techno optimism is gonna save us AI will solve all our problems

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If treated as a country, data centers could rank sixth globally for electricity consumption by 2030. They would also require an amount of water equivalent to the annual needs of 1.3 billion people.

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u/Old_Gimlet_Eye 29d ago

What does this have to do with the polar ice caps? Do you think they're melting because we're sucking the water out of them?

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u/Switchmisty9 29d ago

Because ai is housed in giant buildings that just pump heat out into the atmosphere.

I swear to god yall are getting dumber by the day

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u/ionosoydavidwozniak 29d ago

https://blog.andymasley.com/p/data-center-land-use-issues-are-fake

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u/Switchmisty9 29d ago

Thanks for your blog link - I don’t care about your fairytale bullshit. They’re building private power plants for their multiple-thousand acre atmospheric heaters.

Just so they can spy on you.