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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)
submitted 2 months ago by [M] to c/PurchaseWithPurpose@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

But will it be built?

Apparently loads of those datacenters are announcements just to prop shareholder value up.

It takes at least 5-6 Years to make a power source for a datacenter this size (cooling isn't quick either), if you go with the simplest (coal/gas), or so I have understood.

I'm of course not an expert so feel free to chime in!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Well here's to hoping.

    Unfortunately the signs are clear, not just wrt this one: MAGA is doing everything in its power to fuck the planet over for good, and make 'murican companies (at least those they have "an understanding" with) bigger and richer.

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