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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Data centres account for between 1.5% and 2% of global electricity consumption

www.economist.com

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Data centres account for between 1.5% and 2% of global electricity consumption

www.economist.com

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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The industry consumes as much electricity as Britain—and rising
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  • auth@lemmy.ml
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    Does that include NSAs data centers?

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    That’s suspisiously not bad at all

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    Honestly, that’s not that bad? If we were to turn off every data center if would barely impact world energy use and electricity is getting cleaner every day. Of course we should push to get better faster, but this doesn’t seem like a big source of low hanging fruit.

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    I don’t believe that for a second.

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      It actually makes sense if you think about it though. Think aboit Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc. They all have massive data centers, heck, even OpenAI with their Gpu farms.

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    It’s also only electricity. We use a lot of energy from other sources too.

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    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      Yeah, it’s not even close, BT uses stunning amounts of energy https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/03/climate/bitcoin-carbon-footprint-electricity.html

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