Other countries are integrating data centers into multi-use buildings, not building them all the way out in the middle of nowhere.
They're integrating the data centers into apartment complexes, office buildings, etc... Using the heat from the centers to creating heating/hot water/steam energy, etc... for the use of people in the building.
The water used for cooling isn't just used once and dumped in the sewage treatment. It goes in a loop and is reused over and over.
There is absolutely 100% ways to capture and reuse much if not most of the energy needed to run AI data centers, and use that for air heating, water heating, etc... for everyday usage.
People just need to think outside the typical "build data centers out in the middle of nowhere because it's cheap to do so".
People just like fear porn and "omg, the computers are going to take over and kill us all!" type BS, mostly because they're bored as shit and need something, anything to get excited over. 🤷♀️
Tell them to go look up how much the internet, streaming, and gaming affects energy usage. Amazing that people haven't figured out that all of that stuff takes massive energy as well, and that in the US at least, energy really isn't a finite resource. We can always find the natural gas, oil, coal, hydro, whatever it is we need to create more energy for use.
Thermal is also a good one and also nuclear. I know they scared people with nuclear but there's many places using nuclear and you have not heard of problems.
I have no problem with Nuclear energy other than the contracts to build them are usually based solely on who submits the lowest bid. Not exactly confidence inspiring.
Other countries are integrating data centers into multi-use buildings, not building them all the way out in the middle of nowhere.
They're integrating the data centers into apartment complexes, office buildings, etc... Using the heat from the centers to creating heating/hot water/steam energy, etc... for the use of people in the building.
The water used for cooling isn't just used once and dumped in the sewage treatment. It goes in a loop and is reused over and over.
There is absolutely 100% ways to capture and reuse much if not most of the energy needed to run AI data centers, and use that for air heating, water heating, etc... for everyday usage.
People just need to think outside the typical "build data centers out in the middle of nowhere because it's cheap to do so".
People just like fear porn and "omg, the computers are going to take over and kill us all!" type BS, mostly because they're bored as shit and need something, anything to get excited over. 🤷♀️
Tell them to go look up how much the internet, streaming, and gaming affects energy usage. Amazing that people haven't figured out that all of that stuff takes massive energy as well, and that in the US at least, energy really isn't a finite resource. We can always find the natural gas, oil, coal, hydro, whatever it is we need to create more energy for use.
Thermal is also a good one and also nuclear. I know they scared people with nuclear but there's many places using nuclear and you have not heard of problems.
I have no problem with Nuclear energy other than the contracts to build them are usually based solely on who submits the lowest bid. Not exactly confidence inspiring.
Oh yeah. I understand.