Power-hungry AI boom making power grids dirtier, less reliable

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Power-hungry AI boom making power grids dirtier, less reliable

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Climate@slrpnk.net · 2 years ago

Energy-intense data centers are opening en masse. Our power grid isn't equipped to deal with a surge of their scale

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