2 comments

  • minimaxir an hour ago

    This was posted last November. Discourse around this particular topic has somehow gotten worse since then.

  • ck2 2 hours ago

    highly recommend this video of an interview with the author of that article/blog

    * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNkZRt-X4RM

    if I am understanding him correctly (and his math is correct) a YEAR's worth of ChatGPT queries is about equal to the waste/damage of a 20 mile car drive

    (but there might be a problem if a BILLION people start making 20 mile car drives?)

    also some good general explanations from him in that video how datacenters are cooled and how they actually use water