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AI and crypto mining are driving up data centers' energy use | The Verge
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US data centers' energy use amid the artificial intelligence boom | Pew Research Center
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| | Data centers accounted for 4% of total U.S. electricity use in 2024. Their energy demand is expected to more than double by 2030.
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AI Needs More Abundant Power Supplies to Keep Driving Economic Growth
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| | The power-hungry technology requires policies to help expand electricity supplies, incentivize alternative sources, and help contain price surges
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The real cost of Compute
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| | The cloud is made of real physical hardware, concrete and steel. The abstraction may have worked at one point. But now we see the impact of data centers on resources and the real world.
| | climateactiontracker.org
ANALYSIS: Reliance on sinks and support of fossil fuels undermines Australia's climate action | Climate Action Tracker
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| [AI summary] Climate Action Tracker analysis reveals that Australia's climate action is insufficient due to excessive reliance on land-based carbon sinks, which masks continued support for fossil fuels and failure to meet emissions reduction targets.