kinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIn a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt useswww.technologyreview.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1321arrow-down17
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minus-squareMaaji@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 months agoOh, sorry I forgot that data centers were just invented. Thanks for the reminder!
minus-squarenull@lemmy.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoNo you’re right, they built the first one, all the demand that could ever be needed is covered by it, and there’s no reason to ever build any more.
minus-squareMaaji@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 months agoYet they’ve never needed to commission power plants to dedicate power to these facilities. It’s almost like there’s some new, uniquely power-hungry demand that’s driving this that’s sprung up in the last 5 or so years…
minus-squarenull@lemmy.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months ago Yet they’ve never needed to commission power plants to dedicate power to these facilities. Never?
Oh, sorry I forgot that data centers were just invented. Thanks for the reminder!
No you’re right, they built the first one, all the demand that could ever be needed is covered by it, and there’s no reason to ever build any more.
Yet they’ve never needed to commission power plants to dedicate power to these facilities. It’s almost like there’s some new, uniquely power-hungry demand that’s driving this that’s sprung up in the last 5 or so years…
Never?