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California "still has limited visibility into what data centers are doing. Attempts to require more transparency stalled this year amid tech industry opposition. The only measure that became law gives regulators the authority to determine whether data centers are driving up costs — but stops short of requiring environmental reporting."

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Data centers for AI could nearly triple San José’s energy use. Who foots the bill?

San José and PG&E are preparing massive grid upgrades, but AI demand could nearly triple the city's energy use.
Alejandro Lazo (Los Angeles Times)
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@Gerry McGovern It could, and it might make fusion possible and San Jose's energy use trivial, it might solve a protein folding problem that saves you from cancer. It might discover a new profound truth in physics that gives us a way to profoundly alter our reality for the better. But whatever it does in the way of power use, it most likely will do temporarily because there are new faster lower energy technologies such as optical computers just around the corner. The human brain consumes 25% of the bodies calories on average. Why do you suppose that is? It is because the value that intelligence provides more than justifies the energy potential. The same will prove true in society.
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