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    Data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenix

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    1. goochgrease2 on

      That is actually quite large. Ac at 67 is great. 71 is too much. Fuck me. 4 degrees is a shit load

    4. sparklepilot on

      This is ridiculous, most people don’t even want AI and the billionaires are going to heat up earth like VENUS(not mars like my dumb brain went to) for what?

    5. EntireBig7258 on

      building data centers in phoenix and then being surprised they make it hotter is like building a fireplace in a sauna and wondering why it got warm

    6. AbeFromanEast on

      Maybe siting hot industrial sites in the desert isn’t such a great idea.

    7. justmitzie on

      Great idea. Build something that raises temps and also sucks up water. In the desert.

    9. Romano16 on

      Building a datacenter in one of the hottest places on Earth where water is finite?

    11. oakfan05 on

      Data centers are not just AI. It’s the cloud, it’s gov surveillance, it’s server farms.

    13. kcamnodb on

      No problem if any city can take an additional 4 degree temperature rise it’s Phoenix, Illinois

    14. lenojames on

      When the infrastructure priorities shift from the well-being of PEOPLE to the well-being of THINGS, then the human species is heading for extinction.

    15. XtremeBadgerVII on

      More information from the article:

      “Temperatures downwind of data centers averaged 1.3 to 1.6 degrees F warmer than upwind temperatures and reached as high as 4 degrees F above upwind temperatures. The heat impact was detectable up to a third of a mile, or about five city blocks, distant from the perimeter of datacenters.”

    16. Cotillionz on

      Literally just out to destroy the world, aren’t they? Not only has the future turned out to be sucktacular, but the end of the world is shaping up to be just as lame. Not a meteor, not some crazy war, nope…we killed ourselves and our planet for fucking data.

    18. irascible_Clown on

      It’s funny all the conspiracy theories talking about lizard people who want to heat the planet up. Now I’m like damn these mfers were right

    20. LunaticPoint on

      Climate change is just a natursl cycle like family told me some years back.

    21. lanesplittinrg on

      The Benicia Refinery shut down between the time of late January to early March and I’m really interested in how much that affects the local climate. The temperature inside the refinery was usually about ten degrees hotter than surrounding areas, that has to be something of significance. And if you’re asking what this has to do with data centers, it used about 6.5 million gallons of water a day and about 50-60 megawatts of power.

    24. jackel3415 on

      Serious question. Other than distance in running infrastructure, what are the other major technical challenges to building these in Arctic environments?

    27. Ok_Camp_7051 on

      Have you ever driven or walked in NYC during a summer evening? Passing by Central Park, the drop in temperatures is incredibly noticeable. 
      It’s a giant air conditioner in the middle of the city. How can this be possible in other large cities lacking water? I don’t think building data centers are the answer. 

    28. teddykaygeebee on

      While they’re at it, they should make electric prices higher and consume all the humans’ water.

    29. Bec_son on

      hey remember when NFT and bitcoin mining rigs ruined local areas? yeah that but on state scale.

    30. Poverty_Shoes on

      Good thing they built it in Phoenix, where the local people will appreciate extra heat because it wasn’t hot enough before.

    33. _Aj_ on

      I love how six years ago there was a huge global summit on global warming and the whole world is freaking out about it and setting these extremely ambitious targets and now it’s just like fuck it let’s build 2000 data centers

    34. SnakesTancredi on

      Still no idea why they don’t make these underground and use geo thermal.

    36. rdmodsrtrsh on

      They raise your electricity prices then they make you use more electricity, double wham 

    37. Patara on

      Data centers are literally *destroying* the environment in every sense of the word.

    38. NickVirgilio on

      LMAO we are so fucking stupid as a society! Hey, let’s build a massive, heat-producing, water-intensive warehouse building in the middle of a desert next to one of the hottest cities in the world, where there is an ongoing water crisis. Real smart. It fits well next to all the golf courses they love so much in that valley. Meanwhile, entire communities nearby are losing their utility/drinking water access.

    39. DoubleAEh on

      They should task AI woth solving climate change. Maybe they’ll blow themselves up?

    40. ReadyGo6828 on

      We have climate catastrophe and long term drought, Super El Nino, wildfire, unreliable snow pack, unreliable rivers and reservoirs and now data centers. Does anyone work this out on the back of an envelope before committing massive debt to AI infrastructure? Anyone?

    43. LionBig1760 on

      Surely theres enough water in Phoenix, AZ to cool everything down, right?

    45. Dreadsin on

      So sounds like it’s about… 6 hours until the remainder of phoenixs fresh water is all used up then?

    46. -_-0_0-_0 on

      4 degrees they admit to. Imagine the real number.

      In a desert climate where water is already stressed.

    48. IWasOnThe18thHole on

      Imagine if they built data centers to double as desalination plants and had some usefulness