• vas@lemmy.ml
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    23 days ago

    It’s amazing how they can write such an article with no mentions of AI datacenters - the dominant factor for increased electricity and fresh water usage. This data is pretty much on the surface. I’ve decided to even double-check my sources, and brief googling (or duckduckgo-ing) confirms that the Netherlands has already hosted numerous of them. How did the article not even mention this? Do nos.nl’s shareholders have fingers in the AI money bin too, or?..

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      23 days ago

      I mean this article isn’t really about specific industries requiring electricity but more about the general state of the system and how it’s an ongoing struggle to keep up with demand and that there are growing waiting lists. I feel like you’re making a big fuss over nothing.

      Also it seems like in your research you failed to notice the NOS is a public organisation and has no shareholders. Not everything is a conspiracy…