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

AI data centres can warm surrounding areas by up to 9.1°C
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2521256-ai-data-centres-can-warm-surrounding-areas-by-up-to-9-1c/#Echobox=1774746486

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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

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Gerardo Lisboa 6h ago

@McDonald_69 Harvest heat for good: https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/cooling/how-to-put-the-heat-from-data-centers-to-good-use

How to Put the Heat from Data Centers to Good Use

Data centers can transform from energy consumers to community heat providers through district energy systems, reducing grid strain while improving sustainability.

DataCenterKnowledge

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Anne Delong 6h ago

@McDonald_69

Seems as though they should all be located in cold climates, then, with pipes to warm nearby buildings in the winter.

Jo - pièce de résistance 5h ago

@McDonald_69 global warming x 10.

Move fast and break the earth and life on it.

It’s parasitic.

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samiamsam 5h ago

@McDonald_69

if these monstrosities can be built so quickly

maybe we should build affordable housing with solar instead

just a thought

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Simplicator 5h ago

@McDonald_69 For Americans, that’s up to 16.4 °F