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Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage

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aliasxneo · 1791145670 · focus · HN ↗
I lived in a smaller rural town near a Google datacenter. During my career there I had routinely come across some outlandish accusations made about our water/power usage from the locals. But for obvious reasons I could never dispute them. I remember we hired a local who'd grown up in the town and he was "really surprised" when he started to see what we were doing to remain efficient.
The current data center craze just feels like the same thing but on a bigger scale.
1. WarmWash · 1791151707 · focus · HN ↗
  The current hysteria has little to do with datacenters and a lot to do with societal unrest about AI.
  1. bdangubic · 1791152687 · focus · HN ↗
    I live in northern va and I can tell you that histeria is about ballooning electric and other bills. vast majority of population is unfortunately “not there” in regards to any unrest about AI
    roenxi · 1791164657 · focus · HN ↗
    Is there a well known reason that the US has ruled out building more power plants to meet the increasing demand? This seems like a weird complaint; if it is a problem that this industrial activity uses power, why not ban all industrial activity? Traditionally the response to more demand has been to build more supply.
    Gigachad · 1791174171 · focus · HN ↗
    Because the bubble will pop if they have to wait for power plants to be built.

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