I keep seeing it framed as the data centers using too much water. They need the water for the excessive HEAT they produce, with all the ELECTRICITY generated by (in mist cases) FOSSIL FUELS.
and the Ai cucks will defend this and the billionaires
There are some out there, yes.
You’d be surprised at the proportion of the (at least US) population that is disgusted by it and avoids it wherever possible.
im on a sub community of people that hate Ai, and you think ill be surprised to find out there are others that also hate it?
Lemmy can usually be considered “niche,” and some folks mentally separate the user base from “normies” or the wider general populace. ¯\(ツ)/¯
Worse yet, for residents, it’s already likely too late to do anything against the data center expansion.
“The only chance to stop something like this is to do it at the very, very, very beginning of the process — before the permit is issued — through the public participation process,” former Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) staffer James Doty told Wired.
Oh I can think of a couple ways they can do something about it
Remember when we were told to conserve energy with energy efficient appliances and such? We were told to conserve water with low flow showers and toilets? Guess where those savings all went.
Data centers for the unspecified purpose of “we need them”. These idiots are throwing tremendous force behind building these things almost overnight and everywhere. AI alone does not need all these . When this bubble pops it’s going to put us all in the poorhouse but… I bet there will be some cheap ram and hard drives when it goes.
I’ve been working in data centers since 2008.
What happened? What changed? They used to be incredible.
I haven’t been in a data center in a couple of years.
Do it and pay the fines later. If that nets a profit than the system needs to be changed.
