• silence7OPM
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 month ago

    Zero fossil fuels means zero in every industry.

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      1 month ago

      Yeah, which is a solid goal! I don’t know if you know this though, but most data centers run on renewables. They’re way cheaper. Thats why there’s so many data centers in regions with hydroelectric power stations.

      This reads as pretty blatant oil industry propaganda trying to shift focus away from them and onto the current thing trump has made it trendy to hate. Down with big tech, those polluters with their… entirely electric infrastructure? If you want to get pissed about this, go after crypto miners. AI actually does something, and sometimes its even something overall positive for humanity! Crypto are just leeches.

      • silence7OPM
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        1 month ago

        The energy mix used by datacenters varies a LOT.

        There are a bunch running on hydropower in the US pacific northwest, but also a ton which were co-located with coal-burning power plants in Virginia and Ohio.