beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoHow much energy do data centers and artificial intelligence use? /// Less than 2% of global electricity, but demand is very geographically concentrated.ourworldindata.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkHow much energy do data centers and artificial intelligence use? /// Less than 2% of global electricity, but demand is very geographically concentrated.ourworldindata.orgbeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square15linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareRothe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·4 days agoIt is pretty insane to use 2% of global energy for that piece of shit technology, almost exclusive developed only to give more billions to billionaires and nothing else, at a time when we desperately need to minimise energy consumption.
It is pretty insane to use 2% of global energy for that piece of shit technology, almost exclusive developed only to give more billions to billionaires and nothing else, at a time when we desperately need to minimise energy consumption.