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AI data centers are trashing the Texas energy grid (pivot-to-ai.com)
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[–] almost1337@lemm.ee 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Not that it takes much to trash their grid

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 3 months ago

heyyyy i'm just a little birthday grid

[–] soggy-beaver@kbin.run 1 points 3 months ago

please unplug your usb devices they might bring down the grid

[–] Shitgenstein1@awful.systems 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

watching Austin Energy capping my A/C and deciding to become a rabid supporter of Yud's call to airstrike data centers

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 months ago

whoa now they only have budget for this and only on a smaller heli

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 13 points 3 months ago

I wonder if disused datacentres will end up being like many malls are today: dead and empty because the bubble popped and the money moved on.