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Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNN (www.cnn.com)
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The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence are so energy hungry that they’re heating up their surroundings, according to new research. It’s an alarming finding given the number of data centers is predicted to explode over the next few years.

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[–] pharceface@retrolemmy.com 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Seeing this kind of news hurts. I’ve had a lifelong interest in computers and technology. I’ve made a career of it and live fairly comfortably because of it. But this makes me certain the positives don’t outweigh the negatives. And I wish we could go back to the 90s/2k when we’re certain this tech would lead to the betterment of the world. Sort of bearing my heart here but technology sucks now.

[–] MattMatt@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Same, this wave is smearing shit over the technical hobby turned career that I've loved since forever that I can remember. My recent desire to rewind and redo makes me feel old AF.