
Nate
shared a link post in group #Data is beautiful
As Big Tech continues to spend big on bigger and bigger data centers, the high-powered compute facilities are on track to create more CO2 emissions than flights do. There is some hope that moving some of that compute to our own phones could mitigate the environmental impact, but for now, here’s when the carbon emissions from the data centers will overtake those of all of aviation.
#Data is beautiful
sherwood.news/world/by-20..

sherwood.news
By 2030, AI data centers could take a bigger share of carbon emissions than flights do currently
Running AI compute on phones could offer a glimmer of hope for reducing the tech’s mounting power use....
