The AI Data Center Boom Is Causing a Gigantic Spike in Smog-Spewing Gas Power Plants
futurism.com
Energy companies plan to increase the amount of gas-fired electrical capacity by as much as 44 percent by 2030 across the US.
  • eicker@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    We were promised a frictionless, intelligent future. Instead we’re building gas plants so a chatbot can confidently invent court cases and recommend glue on pizza. Apparently the cloud was just a smokestack with better branding. Big Tech gets the profits, everyone else gets the asthma.

    • PattyMcB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 hours ago

      Don’t forget to add sodium bromide instead of salt to reduce your blood pressure …to zero.