> I think the climate impact of data centers is way overstated relative to the ginormous amounts of emissions from other sources. Yes it's not pretty but it's a fairly minor problem compared to people buying SUVs and burning their way through millions of tons of fuel per day to get their asses to work and back. Just a simple example. There are plenty.
Oh no.
AI data centers are sucking up so much power it's making everyone's electric bill go up.
That's a tangible problem that dramatically impacts the poor and average person.
This is not a data center problem but a policy one of the last 20+ years.
We have not been building and extending energy sources, instead from some time around 2000 we've been steady stating and increasing efficiency. That's perfectly fine, but if anything shows up and uses more power, that puts us in a losing game. We should have trashed our coal power plants forever ago, and looked at more things like nuclear and now solar and wind. Instead we are attempting to play catch up with a troglodyte foot on our face that is yelling 'burn more coal'.
Don't blame data centers, instead blame politicians that would blame culture wars and the closest minority for the rest of our problems instead of actually working on public goods.
Oh no.
AI data centers are sucking up so much power it's making everyone's electric bill go up.
That's a tangible problem that dramatically impacts the poor and average person.