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Norion 1 day ago
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CaptainExplosion said:
Norion said:

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.

Here's your proof. Now stop being a shill for technology that's destroying the world one way or another.
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.

I'm not distracting from that cause I've pointed out major concerns various times, I just care about being factual. Can you point out how that article shows that noise pollution is a relatively big issue for data centers compared to other major industrial facilities? The amount of electricity they need is a concern that will need to be rectified by ramping up electricity production but it's funny that the article tries to make the water usage sound scary by saying a large one can use up to 5 million gallons a day when the US as a whole uses hundreds of billions of gallons of water everyday. The water usage is insignificant and tiny compared to how much something like golf courses use.

Also the bolded part really shows just how impossible it is to take you seriously on this topic. The bloody internet wouldn't function without data centers. They're not a new thing that only started being built the past few years, they're extremely important facilities crucial for modern society to function so for the love of god please educate yourself on this stuff cause the ignorance is off the charts.

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