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minus-squaredutchkimble@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoBut people from those countries must also be using Google and Microsoft
minus-squaregolli@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoNot just people, but importantly also corporations running their services on Microsoft azure or Google cloud.
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThere might be some double counting, but it doesn’t matter - this just illustrates the insane scale of these companies.
minus-squarefilister@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoCorrection, the insane amount of energy the AI needs
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoperhaps until they get neural links installed on prisoners.
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoIs all of this due to AI? I’m confident most of the energy is spent on other stuff, like data centers. Both Google and Microsoft are cloud providers.
minus-squareFishFace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoComparing huge multinational countries which serve every country to the half of countries with the smallest energy usage is not terribly illustrative.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI think you meant comparing companies, guessing autocorrect got you. And I disagree, it’s useful, but more useful would be a chart of countries and multi-nationals, with the company usage removed from the country usage, to see it more clearly.
But people from those countries must also be using Google and Microsoft
Not just people, but importantly also corporations running their services on Microsoft azure or Google cloud.
There might be some double counting, but it doesn’t matter - this just illustrates the insane scale of these companies.
Correction, the insane amount of energy the AI needs
perhaps until they get neural links installed on prisoners.
Is all of this due to AI? I’m confident most of the energy is spent on other stuff, like data centers. Both Google and Microsoft are cloud providers.
Comparing huge multinational countries which serve every country to the half of countries with the smallest energy usage is not terribly illustrative.
I think you meant comparing companies, guessing autocorrect got you.
And I disagree, it’s useful, but more useful would be a chart of countries and multi-nationals, with the company usage removed from the country usage, to see it more clearly.