tanteJun 28, 2025

Google's emissions are up over 50%, Amazon builds huge data centers powered by 75% natural gas.

Remember all those posts telling us that "AIs climate impact isn't that bad" supported by some really funky math/perspective and/or numbers Sam Altman invented?

Here's the actual impact.

"AI" is a fossil fuel technology.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/technology/amazon-ai-data-centers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU8.2JRa.e3Ju6r_pL1Im

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/27/google-emissions-ai-electricity-demand-derail-efforts-green

At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I.

On 1,200 acres of cornfield in Indiana, Amazon is building one of the largest computers ever for work with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence start-up.

The New York Times
Show threadgoldoc
@tante We're burning server farms for meme generation while researchers wait in AI queues.Better model: ✅ FREE: Health, education, science, open source 💰 PAY: Media generation, commercial content, marketingSearch engines: Bring back prominent Boolean operators as DEFAULT. AI search = premium only.Show energy costs upfront. Make trivial AI expensive, essential use free.Stop the waste. Channel compute toward innovation, not fluff. #AI #sustainability #digitalequity
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Show threadPatrick Morris MillerJun 28, 2025
@goldoc Go to hell.