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How much energy do data centers and artificial intelligence use? /// Less than 2% of global electricity, but demand is very geographically concentrated. (ourworldindata.org)
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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

that's just making more, smaller data centers. The data centers themselves are probably more efficient than an equivalent amount of compute that's spread out elsewhere, just because the cooling systems for data centers generally benefit from being huge.

The problem is that we keep building more data centers for stupid shit.