MP> > "Because of AI.."
 MP> 
 MP> > AI ate my homework.
 MP> 
 MP> That is what I thought, at first.  That, and the same left-leaning tech
 MP> folks who blame cow farts won't see any issue with their AI data centers
 MP> eating up power so that Alexa or Siri can give them better answers to
 MP> queries about cow farts.

I'm getting mixed signals from the media about AI. It's either wonderful, or it's going to kill us all (but definitely not both.)

 MP> However, that was not actually what the article was about.  I read a few
 MP> paragraphs.  I am not an electrical engineer, but apparently living near
 MP> one of these data centers puts your local grid at risk, and can also
 MP> potentially do damage inside your home.  It has something to do with the
 MP> steady wavelengths that the power normally travels in being disrupted.

It's just that there are other things that consume lots of electricity that can sprout up in any neighborhood (besides AI, like steel mills or other industrial plants.) Our local grids are always at risk.

I understand that data centers can consume a lot, but I'm still in the dark about how AI demands more electric than normal webservers.

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