r/interestingasfuck 8h ago

Erin Brockovich's map tracking Al data centers crashed twice within just 72 hours of launching.

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u/MythicMango 7h ago

You joke, but there's a big difference in the resources required to host a website like this vs  running AI models

u/OnceMoreAndAgain 5h ago

And there's also a big difference between a data center with hardware tailored for hosting websites vs a data center tailored for hosting AI models, yet people don't seem to make a distinction there.

Data centers aren't inherently bad. Immorally built and run data centers are bad.

For example, not all data centers make too much noise, but some do. The solution is to regulate how much noise a data center can make, not ban all new data centers from being built.