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People Would Rather Have Nuclear Power Plants In Their Area Than AI Data Centers (www.forbes.com)
submitted 20 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.radio to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 hours ago

I like things that don't vibrate in such a way that it makes me want to vomit and die, true.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Why not both? \s

[–] freely1333@reddthat.com 3 points 1 hour ago

Actually what is going to happen lol

[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (4 children)

Are you nuts? And miss all the heat that data center will provide you yearly? Imagine in summer having heat from the data center!
You need to stop asking for nuclear power plants, data center is the feature, and you have to accept it! Period.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You joke (I think) but community heating schemes off these places would be a good byproduct. Not enough to make them worthwhile, but it would offset their impact.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 47 minutes ago

IIRC that's being done in some places because it takes care of two issues at once. But certainly not the majority of data centers.

On a scale several orders of magnitude smaller, it's also how car heating systems work. Waste engine heat is transferred to the heater core and then air is blown through it. Engine gets cooled, cabin gets heated.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago

Pretty sure the nuclear plant will provide significantly more heat. I mean, those giant cooling towers are specifically designed to unload heat into the atmosphere.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago

Move into the machine city, probably they keep the machines cool inside.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 3 hours ago

Yeah! If there's ONE thing lame-ass nuclear plants and their spicy rocks suck at, it's making heat!

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