• Zachariah@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    We need to pass laws to force data centers off the electrical grid. Make them use solar and batteries.

    • Iced Raktajino@startrek.website
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      17 hours ago

      I’m with you in spirit, but I’ve been wanting to go PV+battery for far longer than the AI plague has been a thing. I’d like to be able to afford both of those. Otherwise, we’d be adding them to the list of unobtaniums along with SSD, memory, and GPUs.

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        13 hours ago

        We’ve basically had this scenario unfold in the Netherlands during the last ~15 years. It lead to energy companies charging customers for sending their excess electricity to the grid for some reason.