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Amazon's New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States (futurism.com)
submitted 6 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

But Margaret have dog, can't be mad...

[–] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Everything but run them on renewable energy.

Papa trump and his minions need their money

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Maybe when Trump is dead and gone, they’ll switch to solar. Solar’s gotta be MUCH cheaper for them in the long run anyway, and frees them of ties to industries known for being exploitative.

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

Besides the US military, I'm sure.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Have these geniuses considered burying these massive structures and build the cooling stack on top to use that heat for some other use?

Or better yet: not even building these monstrosities?

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Trying to re-use 7.65GW of excess heat would be a monumental task of it's own, but at a smaller scale, it works well. Things like a smaller datacenter heating the pool nearby etc. They should at least be trying to reuse as much as possible, pipe it to nearby things.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

First coming to mind would be using to store heat in sand batteries. Heat water for swimming pools makes sense as well. Perhaps use it to dehydrate sludges from waste waters.

It's just a matter of imagination.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Its just that its a lot. Like 8.5% of the entire Texas ERCOT grid at peak during its last peak in August.

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You've seen where they want to build this, right? Heat is not an issue.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago

Hence my statement: it's a matter of imagination

[–] BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago

Until it goes dark, like fibre...

[–] whereitsat@lemmy.zip -4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

it's in texas though.

now all of a sudden we care about texas? what goes on in texas is as important to me as the affairs of a random tiktok influencer.

we're fucked no matter if this data center is built or not.

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