Google’s emissions are up 48% in 5 years. Microsoft’s are up 30% since 2020. Those soaring figures are being driven by mass investments in data centers to power AI tools.

Generative AI is a climate disaster and data center expansion must be stopped.

https://disconnect.blog/generative-ai-is-a-climate-disaster/

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Generative AI is a climate disaster

Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share

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@parismarx - re water consumption of data centres, surely it would be intelligent to hold this heated water in a tank/reservoir until it cooled then reuse it. Is this what happens or is it sent to waste ?