Any electrical engineers out there? My current thoughts on it: - Power transmission to homes would be less efficient than to datacenters - Datacenter design can allow for better efficiency & build in energy generation - Datacenters = higher utilisation, less wasted resources.https://twitter.com/Hoigwai/status/1153582035971129344 …
So it seems like he's identified a problem, arm waved a bit without specifics on what could be bad, but hasn't mentioned what the industry is doing in that regard? Surely a stronger point would be that even with a utility PUE, grid efficiency & power gen is the problem
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The article conclusion seems more about getting audiences to think about all of the future sustainability/labour/costs in tandem. So there is a section about how the big companies are working on these green issues, but that its not seen as a consumer issue to talk about.
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I suppose the problem is that it isn't educating consumers in a balanced way. It seems like it'll leave people a little more angry, and with a very one sided viewpoint. ...perhaps the dangers of people writing outside their area of competence?
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