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mepiethree • today at 8:11 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

This is true of ~everything that uses electricity, not just AI https://app.electricitymaps.com


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pavlov • today at 8:32 AM

Well yes, it’s not like GPUs belch CO2 from their bellies.

The point is that they use a lot of electricity, and this is an active concern to many Americans who see electricity prices go up and polluting energy sources being used more as data centers roll into their state.

ruperthair • today at 8:35 AM

I agree, but AI seems like one of the things that could easily follow the sun/best source of green (and therefore cheap) energy. I (a European, unfortunately born in the UK) wouldn't mind a bit of latency on my Claude Code sessions if I knew it was so that everything was being run from solar in north Africa.