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Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they're consuming too much of its energy (apnews.com)

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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 18 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

If anyone thought we were heading to a future of lower power consumption they were deluding themselves. We can lower emissions by eliminating fossil fuels, but per capita net power consumption will, on average, continue going up, because it will still always correlate with getting useful physical work done.

Western countries need to figure out that the future will lbe dominated by who can produce the most clean energy, the cheapest.