this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2026
449 points (96.1% liked)

Technology

83264 readers
4970 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
449
Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNN (www.cnn.com)
submitted 15 hours ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
89 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence are so energy hungry that they’re heating up their surroundings, according to new research. It’s an alarming finding given the number of data centers is predicted to explode over the next few years.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Tax them enough to install geothermal heat pumps in the surrounding homes.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

No one uses in ground heat pumps, especially not existing units where you have to dig up the yard, but regular air source heat pumps are still good enough by far.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

In-ground pumps are better, they're just very expensive, hence the taxes.