Mr. Chimpanzy: Also though just the continued expansion of the internet into places it’s been less available & everyone in places like the US storing more & more data from photos, emails etc? Electricity use is up a lot across many industries.

Google’s emissions are up 48% in 5 years. Microsoft’s are up 30% since 2020. Those soaring figures are being driven by mass investments in data centers to power AI tools. Generative AI is a climate disaster and data center expansion must be stopped.

Generative AI is a climate disasterdisconnect.blog Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share

What's the breakdown of GenAI power consumption vs Bitcoin mining?

Also though just the continued expansion of the internet into places it’s been less available & everyone in places like the US storing more & more data from photos, emails etc? Electricity use is up a lot across many industries.

Storage costs are low vs computational costs, aren't they?

Maybe, I don’t know, but it’s storage costs for probably several billion people worldwide and going up. With a lot of things the small cumulative costs of many many people doing stuff can easily Trump a few big uses. None of this should be read as supporting ai or bitcoin mining though!

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