cyrano@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoClimate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coalwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square147linkfedilinkarrow-up1756arrow-down14
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minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·21 hours agochina is also building lots of coal plants to sustain the datacenters.
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours 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.