[LINK] Datacentres will strain Au energy supply, without change, expert says

[Stephen Loosley]

Tom writes,

>> ... maybe time for Aussie to question what those power sink
>> data-centres are creating? Eg .. do we need allow local Bitcoin
>> factories? ...
>
> Is a data center creating AI cat videos okay, but bitcoin mining not?
>
> Instead a combination of electricity tariffs & regulations, could be
> used to ensure data centers in general don't destabilize the grid.


Everything and anything that AI produces should be of value. If we
are to have data-centre AI then all our costs must be planet-worthy.

Specifically, for example, bit coin algorithms are unnecessary greed