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fromTheregister
3 days ago

AI bit barns grow climate emergency by turning up the gas

Datacenters' surge in AI-driven computing is prompting widespread use of on-site gas turbines, significantly increasing greenhouse gas emissions and straining power infrastructure.
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fromTheregister
2 months ago

Datacenters now fund Boom Supersonic's aviation business

He therefore texted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who apparently confirmed the veracity of those posts, before contacting Boom's engineering team, who unbeknown to Scholl had already created "the outline of a plan to build a power turbine based on our Symphony supersonic engine." "After a few conversations, it became clear: AI didn't just need more turbines - it needed a new and fundamentally better turbine," Scholl wrote.
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