Tom writes, > > By Peter Hannam Wed 10 Jul 2024 > https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/10/ai-datacentres-to-strain-australias-energy-supply-spike-prices-without-change-expert-says > > > Data centers should be able to respond to energy demands a lot quicker > than a smelter. One way would be to switch the processing load to > another center where there is power available. However this depends on > the cost of the electricity relative to the cost of the data center's > hardware. It might be cheaper to install batteries to keep the center > running.
Yes true. Also maybe time for Aussie to question what those power sink data-centres are creating? Eg .. do we need allow local Bitcoin factories? Eg: https://cleanupbitcoin.com/ says .. “A software code change could reduce Bitcoin’s energy use by 99.9%. Switching to a low-energy protocol has proven effective and uses far less energy. Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, has already changed its code system reduce its energy usage by 99.95%.” We should pass laws only permitting efficient coin algorithm factories Cheers Tom and all -- _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
