On 17.08.26 17:33, Aigars Mahinovs wrote:
completely green
Well, ostensibly. The real-world fact however is that, if a data center eats a GWh of power, some fossil-fuel plant somewhere will burn a GWh's equivalent more gas, and thus release 200 more tons of CO₂ — obvious when you think about it, where else shall the power come from? more sunshine?
The solution is of course to build enough renewable (or at least CO₂-neutral …) capacity that there's enough marginal capacity in the network to supply that GWh. But we're not there yet, and we won't be before 2045 or so, at the *very* earliest.
That being said, on the whole I tend to agree with Aigars. Knives can carve up cucumbers … or cows … or people. Nobody's going to forbid the sale of knives. They're too useful.
Same for AI, IMHO. -- -- regards -- -- Matthias Urlichs
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