• cecilkorik@lemmy.ca
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    23 hours ago

    Yeah that’s a red herring on purpose to distract you from the fact that these data centers are literally running on hundreds of 24/7/365 jet engines being used as generators. It’s so obscene I kind of wonder if a lot of this AI hype and the wars aren’t being driven by the oil industry to prop up their dying business model.

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      21 hours ago

      The Prime Minister of Canada said that the construction of data centers should be encouraged because it will “provide markets for our natural gas”.

      It’s not even a conspiracy theory, it’s openly stated.

      • Courtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        21 hours ago

        So many people need to be put against a wall and made to explain, in front of live audiences or cameras, why dying industries NEED to be supported.

        Nobody ever said “the fidget spinner market needs a bailout! They’re a dying industry!”

        Of course, fidget spinners weren’t paying for bribes.

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      14 hours ago

      Are they actually running the jet engine generators 24x7x365? Fuck the data center expansion for AI sake but also we should be honest.