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The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible (futurism.com)
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[–] meat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's about 0.2-0.5% of the global total.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That actually seems pretty comprehensible...

[–] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

They said almost

[–] humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The global total of what?

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Pollution?