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Amazon’s new AI data center is so enormous that it is likely to be the largest single source of carbon emissions in the US (futurism.com)
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On par with entire countries, including Switzerland, Ireland, and Bulgaria.

Incredibly sad to see as we battle record-breaking heatwaves. We need to stop supporting these companies...

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[-] Polisheocket@lemmy.zip 4 points 20 hours ago

So unfortunate cities are letting this happen

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago

We can't rely on every city to not have >51% dipshits. America is letting this happen.

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