cyrano@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoClimate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coalwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square152linkfedilinkarrow-up1777arrow-down16 cross-posted to: collapse@lemmy.zipworld@quokk.auusa@midwest.socialusa@lemmy.mlfuck_ai@lemmy.worldclimate_apocalypse@lemmy.dbzer0.comclimate@slrpnk.nettechnology@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1771arrow-down1external-linkClimate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coalwww.theregister.comcyrano@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square152linkfedilink cross-posted to: collapse@lemmy.zipworld@quokk.auusa@midwest.socialusa@lemmy.mlfuck_ai@lemmy.worldclimate_apocalypse@lemmy.dbzer0.comclimate@slrpnk.nettechnology@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agochina is also building lots of coal plants to sustain the datacenters.
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoChina already has 200% the capacity relative to their demand. They’ve been growing solar fast enough to beat very high 8%+ electricity consumption growth last year, and can probably keep the pace.
china is also building lots of coal plants to sustain the datacenters.
China already has 200% the capacity relative to their demand. They’ve been growing solar fast enough to beat very high 8%+ electricity consumption growth last year, and can probably keep the pace.