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Norion said:
CaptainExplosion said:

There will be water scarcity, just like there already is in First Nations communities and parts of Africa. Then there's the noise from data centres that will drive animals away from their homes, leading them to try and survive in human communities. You know what that looks like? Here's a prime example.

That doesn't change the fact that data center water usage is tiny. Do you any source for noise being a relatively significant issue for data centers? Cause the US has 4-5k of them currently but that's nothing compared to the hundreds of thousands of factories.

As usual you point the finger at industry that was there before AI to distract from AI's glaring flaws.

Leynos said:

There is an entire city in Nevada that will be without power in a year because the energy provider chose the Data Center over a city of people. You need to remember that power is also for hospitals and people at home with medical devices. Not to mention AC for Nevada heat. It only takes one for it to be ok to happen to other towns and cities. (mutliple local news videos on this) It's already taken water away from just houses a few years ago. They go where the promise of profit goes, not your needs. So go ahead be a fucking dipshit and make your Nintendo AI images or AI memes. It's only fucking the planet and people, including yourself. Go ahead be a frog in boiling water.

^THIS!! Everybody who advocates for AI and data centers has such a thick skull it's a wonder they have any cognitive functionality. The only good data center is one that's been demolished and never to be rebuilt.