[LINK] AI advances limited by electricity supply

[Tom Worthington]

On 7/27/25 13:17, David wrote:

> But this is still energy needed for other, arguably more essential, purposes. ...

Data center owners pay for the electricity they use. They don't take it 
from someone else.

> Without affecting the ecology of those heat-sinks?

No, water used for cooling heats the body it is discharged into. This is 
most noticeable with power stations, as they are large heat sources, but 
also applies, for example, to the Sydney Opera House, which uses water 
from the harbor for cooling.

> Most such arguments about the proper use of energy & planetary resources depend on narrowing the scope of a large project's justification ...

Yes, in this case we are discussing energy and water use, not materials.


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Tom Worthington http://www.tomw.net.au
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