beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up141arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square14linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareRothe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day 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.