pyman 2 days ago

Sorry, but I'm not interested in blog posts from lobbyist in Washington, the same place pushing to build mega datacentres with Nvidia servers in developing countries.

Also, Andy's blog post doesn't mention infrastructure-scale impacts. Even small actions add up, and as AI scales exponentially, so does the demand on energy and water. That part gets left out.

I'll stick with the research papers published by AI researchers [1] and investigative journalists [2], but thanks for sharing your link, it gives me a good idea of what lobbyists in Washington aren't saying.

[1] https://eng.ox.ac.uk/case-studies/the-true-cost-of-water-guz...

[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-impacts-data-cent...

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  • ruthvik947 12 hours ago

    Not sure if you actually read the article but infrastructural impact is clearly discussed.

    You sent over two links about the environmental impact of data centres. There is no denial that these are burdensome on the environment; the question is to what degree AI and its applications contribute to that effect. If you wanted to argue in good faith you'd be advocating for everyone to stop watching Netflix, because video streaming generates a far greater demand than AI currently does, but I don't see you doing this.

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