Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres

Emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar error

The Guardian

#AI #EnergyHog #TheGremlinZoo #Trumpism

From AP News.com: Trump's AI plan calls for massive data centers. Here's how it may affect energy in the US

https://apnews.com/article/trump-artificial-intelligence-energy-data-centers-f216660b80f992ae303b348dac0b2f87

Trump's AI plan could strain US power grid and change environmental regulations

President Donald Trump’s plan to boost artificial intelligence and build data centers across the U.S. could speed up a building boom that was already expected to strain the nation’s ability to power it. The White House released the “AI Action Plan” Wednesday supporting AI and vowing to expedite construction of energy-intensive data centers. It's looking to make the country a leader in a business that tech companies and others are pouring billions of dollars into. This could ultimately impact energy bills.

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The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates

Big tech is playing its part in reaching net zero targets, but its vast new datacentres are run at huge cost to the environment, says economics professor Mariana Mazzucato

The Guardian

Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption | Tom's Hardware #CryptoScam #PonziScheme #Wasteful #EnergyHog

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptomining/just-137-crypto-miners-use-23-of-total-us-power-government-now-requiring-commercial-miners-to-report-energy-consumption

Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption

The U.S government wants to crack down on the ballooning energy consumption of Bitcoin miners.

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