Ireland: Data centres now consuming more electricity than all rural homes (opens in new tab)

(irishtimes.com)

15 pointshalfdaft3y ago2 comments

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Important to note, Ireland's grid is fairly carbon intensive:

Side note: I’m tired of headlines just comparing numbers to arbitrary groups of things, just to approximately match the size.

“X consumes as much as A (and B, C, D as time progresses).”

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Important to note, Ireland's grid is fairly carbon intensive:

Side note: I’m tired of headlines just comparing numbers to arbitrary groups of things, just to approximately match the size.

“X consumes as much as A (and B, C, D as time progresses).”

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse