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lfa :emacs: :tux: :freebsd:

"Microsoft tempted to hit the gas as renewables can't keep up with AI"

The not so hidden costs of the so-called AI. This is your contribution every single time you use Copilot, ChatGPT and all that crap, and if you do really believe the "...with carbon capture technology..." part, at best, you're naive.

theregister.com/2025/03/13/mic

#LLMs #Microsoft #AI #datacenters
#environment #energy #sustainability

The Register · Microsoft tempted to hit the gas as renewables can't keep up with AIBy Dan Robinson
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Alex Jimenez

#AI's Billion-Dollar Land Grab — 5 Ways It's Reshaping #RealEstate

A silent land rush is underway — AI giants like OpenAI and Meta are buying up real estate at an unprecedented scale. But why, and what does it mean for the future of property markets?

entrepreneur.com/science-techn

Entrepreneur · Tech Giants Are Pouring Billions Into AI Data Centers — Are We Ready for the Real Estate Shift That Comes With It?By Sabeer Nelli
#DataCenters
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Tu nube seca mi río

Este artículo analiza el fracaso de las políticas que buscaban unos #CentrosDeDatos más verdes en Alemania.

El gobierno alemán tenía grandes esperanzas puestas en sus objetivos de sostenibilidad en el acuerdo de coalición de 2021: poner en común los centros de datos, utilizar el calor residual, cambiar a electricidad verde, comprar productos informáticos con el sello Ángel Azul.

Sin embargo, Anke Domscheit-Berg, ( @ankedb ) portavoz de política digital del Partido de Izquierda, fue mordaz en su valoración de que estos objetivos se habían incumplido con creces.

Algunas de estas medidas parecen buenas, pero se quedan en papel mojado si no se cumplen, que es lo que parece que ha pasado. Además, están desperdiciando el potente papel que tiene el Estado como consumidor de dichos servicios.

"Solo con su inmenso poder de mercado, el Gobierno federal podría influir en los proveedores para que sus productos informáticos fueran más sostenibles", afirma Domscheit-Berg. Pero simplemente dejó escapar esta oportunidad. Aunque existen "resoluciones, directrices y especificaciones", no hay "ningún compromiso, ninguna transparencia en cuanto a la aplicación y nadie que se sienta realmente responsable".

P.D. Gracias a @earthworm
y @roofjoke por compartir la información.

netzpolitik.org/2025/nachhalti

netzpolitik.org · Nachhaltigkeitsziele: Bund scheitert an grüner ITNicht erst die Ampel-Koalition hat versprochen, staatliche Rechenzentren und Websites nachhaltiger zu machen. Die Antwort der Bundesregierung auf eine Kleine Anfrage zeigt nun jedoch: Der Bund bleibt in puncto Bundes-IT weit hinter seinen Umweltzielen zurück. Dabei könnte er eigentlich als Großkunde Druck auf die Betreiber machen.
#DataCenters#PoltiticasPublicas#MedioAmbiente
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"At worst, this situation could suggest that Microsoft is actively dumping OpenAI, and is having questions about the fundamentals of the generative AI industry.

In very plain terms, Microsoft, despite its excitement around artificial intelligence and its dogged insistence that it’s the future of technology, has canceled data center leases and over a gigawatt of other datacenter infrastructure. Doing so heavily suggests that Microsoft does not intend to expand its data center operations, or at least, to the extraordinary levels the company initially promised.

While Microsoft has reiterated that it intends to spend $80 billion in capital expenditures on AI in 2025, it's unclear how it intends to do so if it’s pulling back on data center expansion at such a large scale, and the company has provided no tangible explanation or elaboration as to how it might do so. While hardware upgrades could account for some of its capital expenditures, it would be nowhere near the $80bn figure.

Again, hyperscale datacenters aren’t cheap. They’re massive, billion-dollar (or multi-billion) ventures."

wheresyoured.at/power-cut/

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At · Power CutA week ago, analyst TD Cowen revealed that Microsoft had canceled leases "totalling a couple hundred MWs," with "at least two private data center operators across multiple US markets." The report also details how Microsoft "pulled back on converting negotiated and signed Statement[s] of Qualifications (SQQs)," which it added
#AI#GenerativeAI#Microsoft
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RudieRVA 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇯🇴

For those wanting to know what they can do to help stop or at least reform data centers in #Virginia, I created an email template you can copy and paste into an email to your legislator/city council member, etc. Chesterfield is looking at two data center proposals, and Dominion wants to build an additional five fossil fuel plants to power them in the coming decade. docs.google.com/document/d/15I #Virginia #DataCenters

Google DocsData Center email templateDear [Legislator's Name], I am writing to bring your attention to the growing challenges posed by the rapid expansion of data centers and to urge you to consider implementing stronger regulations and oversight to address these issues. While data centers are critical to supporting our digital econ...
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Microsoft Corp. has canceled some leases for US data center capacity, according to TD Cowen, raising broader concerns over whether it’s securing more AI computing capacity than it needs in the long term.

OpenAI’s biggest backer has voided leases in the US totaling “a couple of hundred megawatts” of capacity — the equivalent of roughly two data centers — canceling agreements with at least a couple of private operators, the US brokerage wrote Friday, citing “channel checks” or inquiries with supply chain providers. TD Cowen said its checks also suggest Microsoft has pulled back on converting so-called statements of qualifications, agreements that usually lead to formal leases.

Microsoft in a statement on Monday reiterated its spending target for the fiscal year ending June, but declined to comment on TD Cowen’s note.

Exactly why Microsoft may be pulling some leases is unclear."

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

#AI#GenerativeAI#Microsoft
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Big Tech’s growing use of data centres has created related public health costs valued at more than $5.4bn over the past five years, in findings that highlight the growing impact of building artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Air pollution derived from the huge amounts of energy needed to run data centres has been linked to treating cancers, asthma and other related issues, according to research from UC Riverside and Caltech.

The academics estimated that the cost of treating illnesses connected to this pollution was valued at $1.5bn in 2023, up 20 per cent from a year earlier. They found that the overall cost was $5.4bn since 2019.

The issue is set to be exacerbated by the race to develop generative AI, which requires huge computing resources to train and power fast-developing large language models."

ft.com/content/d595d5f6-79d1-4

Financial Times · Pollution from Big Tech’s data centre boom costs US public health $5.4bnBy Stephanie Stacey
#AI#DataCenters#BigTech
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