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Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] tal@lemmy.today 48 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This isn't AI, but datacenters in general. EU stuff tends to accumulate in Ireland.

Ireland’s boom in datacentres and tech companies has been fuelled by its policy of low corporate taxation.

[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Of course it's not only ai, but the article's subhead: "Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets"