filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoIreland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined | The Guardianwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareeatCasserole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoCan we just cancel the whole “ai” thing? It was fun for a bit, now it’s just problems.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoThe AI meme will crash eventually. When? Can’t say. But eventually they’ll move on to the next meme.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoThis isn’t AI, but datacenters in general. EU stuff tends to accumulate in Ireland. Ireland’s boom in datacentres and tech companies has been fuelled by its policy of low corporate taxation.
minus-squareeatCasserole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoOf course it’s not only ai, but the article’s subhead: “Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets”
Can we just cancel the whole “ai” thing? It was fun for a bit, now it’s just problems.
The AI meme will crash eventually. When? Can’t say. But eventually they’ll move on to the next meme.
More AI you say? Can do!
This isn’t AI, but datacenters in general. EU stuff tends to accumulate in Ireland.
Of course it’s not only ai, but the article’s subhead: “Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets”