Mastodawn

"Data centres are expected to be one of the most power-hungry activity in the next decade. In fact, it has been estimated that in 3 to 5 years the power consumption for data processing will exceed the amount budgeted for manufacturing. As such, it is possible to expect that the impact of #DataCentres and #AI hyperscalers activities on climate might not be negligible, indeed being further exacerbated by the use of AI in the next decades"

🗞️ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2521256-ai-data-centres-can-warm-surrounding-areas-by-up-to-9-1c/

🎓 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.20897

AI data centres can warm surrounding areas by up to 9.1°C

Hundreds of millions of people live close enough to data centres used to power AI to feel warmer average temperatures in their local area

New Scientist

SustainabilityOnline 15h ago

The environmental and financial implications of #datacentres in the context of further AI development is explored in a new report by the Environmental Defense Fund and Nuveen, entitled 'Decoding data centers: Sustainability due diligence across the value chain'. 💻

https://sustainabilityonline.net/?p=27179

Environmental and financial implications of data centres explored in new report - Sustainability Online

The environmental implications of data centres in the context of AI development is explored in a new report by the Environmental Defense Fund and Nuveen.

Sustainability Online - A business news platform with a sustainable focus. Featuring the latest sustainability news and ESG insight, viewed through a business lens.

Strypey 21h ago

"'The Cloud' emits somewhere in the vicinity of 2% of the world's carbon - that's about the same as the airline industry - with Australian data centres ranked among the worst in the world."

#JadeAmbrose, 2026

https://tv.lumbung.space/w/aebd157e-ad49-4ce6-b761-bd06fda6962d

So ... why is any organisation in Aotearoa *not* run by climate change ignorers still hosting online services offshore, especially in Oz? Including our government FFS!

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#talks #ConferenceTalks #ClimateChange #CarbonEmissions #DataCentres #NeighbourhoodFirst

Neighbourhood-First Software: the open web without expecting everyone to self-host - Jade Ambrose

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gentlegardener 1d ago

central #virginia #rural activism 1000 citizen turnout in person and online for@#valleylink #dominionenergyinc high voltage line for #datacenters #datacentres

MindTGap 1d ago

The #AI #boom is a lie: Fake #datacentres and unused #GPUs | #EdZitron
#TheTechReport
Mar 27, 2026
“Hyperscalers have gone from the asset light cash machines to asset heavy behemoths.”
Author of Where’s Your Ed At and host of the Better Offline podcast Ed Zitron joins the Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about how the Ai build out is not as big as it seems meanwhile #Nvidia’s GPUs are going unused and losing value spelling trouble for CoreWeave’s GPU backed debt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxUEOdC4VzU

The AI boom is a lie: Fake data centres and unused GPUs | Ed Zitron

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gentlegardener 2d ago

@junesim63 take a page from #virginia. #ai #datacentres and do not give up local control for wannabe capitalists #labourparty national sellouts

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Heliograph 2d ago

@datawrapper #wouldyoulikeaMemewiththat #datacentres
@Sobex

Wulfy—Speaker to the machines 3d ago

How the #AIBubble may be like the 2008 GFC thanks to SPVs / CDOs

#GPU #CoreWeave #NVIDIA #StructuredFinance #Securitisation #CDO #DataCentres #PrivateCredit #GFC2 #DerivativesMarket #PensionFunds #SPV #ComputeFutures #TechDebt #WallStreet #FinancialEngineering #2008Redux

Félicien Breton 🍉 🔻 🌱4d ago

Slovenian officials blame the secretive Israeli firm Black Cube for trying to manipulate last Sunday’s vote: (archived from the WSJ) https://archive.is/LwhOj#selection-563.0-563.102

#spies #Slovenia #elections #campaign #dataCentres #BlackCube