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minus-square@kersplomplink-3•edit-25 days agoCan we stop with the AI misinformation? AI is not slurping up consumer power. All major tech companies use privately generated, non-consumer power. Bitcoin is still causing these power grid issues. It has been since 2019. Edit: to the brainturds downvoting without even looking into it, read it from the source
minus-square@kersplomplink2•5 days agoThey buy power plants and run it themselves. It improves reliability. For example, Google owns its own solar and wind farms. People are downvoting because they want to hate AI. And hating AI is valid. There are many reasons not to like AI. Environmental and power reasons are not one of them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 days agoBut they are probably still using the power grid in cases where there is no wind or sun for their wind and solar farms, right?
minus-square@kersplomplink1•4 days agoBatteries. They can use backup generators or consumer power for emergencies. Almost never happens in practice.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 days agoThat power and HVAC in those data centers is still being used though, regardless of if it’s from the same supply consumers would use
Can we stop with the AI misinformation? AI is not slurping up consumer power. All major tech companies use privately generated, non-consumer power.
Bitcoin is still causing these power grid issues. It has been since 2019.
Edit: to the brainturds downvoting without even looking into it, read it from the source
How does this work exactly?
They buy power plants and run it themselves. It improves reliability. For example, Google owns its own solar and wind farms.
People are downvoting because they want to hate AI. And hating AI is valid. There are many reasons not to like AI. Environmental and power reasons are not one of them.
But they are probably still using the power grid in cases where there is no wind or sun for their wind and solar farms, right?
Batteries.
They can use backup generators or consumer power for emergencies. Almost never happens in practice.
That power and HVAC in those data centers is still being used though, regardless of if it’s from the same supply consumers would use
It’s from solar and wind power. It’s not the same thing.