Environmental activist Erin Brockovich launches a crowd-sourced map as thousands of residents report hidden data center projects near their homes.
  • UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5 hours

    You know, Elon Musk was dumping the same shit the movie was about in Texas recently!? Soon Teflon somewhere else like Dupont again

    • QuandaleDingle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      39 minutes

      Sounds like a good movie. You got the name?

      Edit - Nevermind, I looked up Erin Brockovich and found her movie.

  • stermy4u@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13 hours

    I always forget Erin Brockovich is a real person and not just a character played by Julia Roberts

  • dan@upvote.auEnglish
    11 hours

    The site explicitly mentions “AI data centers”, but how do you differentiate AI data centers from… non-AI data centers I guess?

    I understand the anti-AI sentiment and environmental issues, etc. but I also think a lot of non-technical people don’t realise that literally everything they do online uses a data center.

    • scytale@piefed.zipEnglish
      11 hours

      Assuming the specs and blueprints are publicly available, an AI data center will look different on the inside compared to a traditional data center. The former will have more GPU racks and probably higher power requirements.

      • Jinna@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        11 hours

        This, but it may also be apparent even without detailed information. The key difference is an absurd level of power density. So compare footprint to power. Power can be estimated easiest based on backup generators as their smokestacks are almost always visible. The last variable is whatever generator size from CAT, Cummins etc is the most cost effective, or that was still somehow left in a warehouse to actually buy.