RE: https://mastodon.social/@SustainabilityOnline/116849790010771379
These gas-fired US datacentres generate greenhouse gasses equivalent to the entire country of Denmark … Times 17.36
[source: Danmarks Statistik]
That's *seventeen* Denmark's worth of greenhouse gasses in trade of increasingly hostile climate, an unprecedented hoarding and selling of personal data, and soul crushing AI-slop.
And that's just CO2; The toxic mining and e-waste and water consumption is unfathomable too.
Lean more with @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green and #99th Day: A Warning About Technology
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Planned gas-fired power plants for US data centres could generate more than 660 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually, according to a new report, underlining the growing environmental impact of AI expansion. #DataCentres #Climate 🌐
https://sustainabilityonline.net/news/proposed-power-plants-for-us-data-centres-could-generate-over-660-million-tonnes-of-emissions-annually/
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