filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoIreland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined | The Guardianwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1403arrow-down17
arrow-up1396arrow-down1external-linkIreland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined | The Guardianwww.theguardian.comfilister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squaretallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down1·5 months agoThis isn’t AI, but datacenters in general. EU stuff tends to accumulate in Ireland. Ireland’s boom in datacentres and tech companies has been fuelled by its policy of low corporate taxation.
minus-squareeatCasserole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoOf course it’s not only ai, but the article’s subhead: “Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets”
This isn’t AI, but datacenters in general. EU stuff tends to accumulate in Ireland.
Of course it’s not only ai, but the article’s subhead: “Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets”