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Data centre energy usage has outpaced growth of renewable energy in Ireland (m.independent.ie)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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"Total demand for electricity last year grew by 4.4pc, or 1.3 terawatts (TW), but 80pc of that increase, or 1.1TW, was from data centre growth."

Training data for LLMs = higher energy prices and environmental degradation.

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[–] 12 points 2 years ago

It turns AI really is going to try to wipe out the humans. Just, you know, indirectly through human activity trying to make it happen.

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    [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    aw dawg, not the peat bogs!

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