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US Accounted for Nearly 50% of World's CO2 Emissions Growth in 2025 — Thanks, AI Data Center Explosion

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 9d ago
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9d ago seems like if New York’s electric grid is already struggling to keep up with current demand, then we should not be forced to accommodate data centers when they can be built nearly anywhere else in … ×2 -4.0
9d ago Ireland is possibly the world leader in the use of its resources by data centres. We have about a hundred on a small island, nearly 25% of the output of our entire electrical grid is taken up by th… ×3 -1.0
11d ago "Innio, a German gas engine manufacturer, completed a nearly $2.8bn flotation in June, riding a trend of data centres bypassing the strained electricity grid and instead powering themselves on-site." ×2 +2.0
11d ago Nearly 3,000 residents in south Barrie experienced a brief power outage Wednesday afternoon caused by equipment failure, according to Alectra Utilities. -2.0
11d ago JUST IN: Nearly half of Americans believe AI data centers drive up electricity & water costs while straining the power grid — Morgan Stanley ×2 -3.0
9d ago "You're here today because the lights went out for five days in Berlin this winter – the city's longest power outage since World War II," he said. Rubio called for better, cross-border coordination… -2.5
9d ago America can lead the world in #AI while strengthening its economy, protecting natural resources, and maintaining a reliable electric grid. Read more: www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/46502... 2/2 +6.0
9d ago [4/5] operation and had also extinguished a fire caused by the attack. The ministry urged residents to conserve electricity to ease pressure on the grid. As one of the hottest countries in the worl… -2.5
10d ago the 48 hour power outage fucked us over so bad financially this month, and it feels like the world keeps throwing out horrible things. like, i know the issues arent Targeting Me, but they're harm… -6.5
10d ago We have a flat roof without any shade cast on it. What makes these spaces unqualified for passive solar. And you can't tell me that generating extra electricity during peak load wouldn't change the… +5.0
10d ago I watched as Italy went from having one of the worst landline phone systems in the world to the quickest adopters of cell phones. The fact that Pakistan has gone from an unreliable electrical grid … +3.5
10d ago like, yes, i hate datacenters powered by fossil fuels and think that they should not exist but i dream of ones powered by renewables and serving thousands if not millions of people around the worl… +6.0
10d ago Sweden approves 1.4 billion SEK for World Bank crisis fund to support Ukraine | Ukraine news https://www.byteseu.com/2200484/ Stockholm approved a major aid package to boost Ukraine’s public serv… +5.5
10d ago Power Outage During World Cup Semifinal: 2,098 Households in Harburg Left in the Dark https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/harburg/article412592941/stromausfall-bei-wm-halbfinale-2098-haushalte-in-ha… -2.5
11d ago Built for a World That's Gone: Why the Power Grid Is Struggling to Keep Up open.substack.com/pub/valormed... -3.0
11d ago Having fast data processing means nothing if the water is poisoned, the electricity grid fails, and the world is on fire from the extra dirty energy produced to enable the data centres. There is no… ×2 -6.0
9d ago I’m grading all the venues #Phish plays based on how fossil-dominant the electricity grid is and what venues are doing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ⭕️ Tonight we’re at #coastalcreditunionmus… -3.5
9d ago www.canada.ca/en/natural-r... Today’s announcement demonstrates how the federal government is supporting the modernization of Canada’s electricity system, helping to reduce GHG emissions and prepa… +6.0
9d ago I suppose that’s why the Carney government wants to double the already very clean Canadian electricity grid to replace home and commercial building heating and transportation fossil fuels with elec… +6.0
9d ago In terms of our consumption, we are actually really good! Our electric grid is awesome, and relative to heating loads our emissions there are not too bad at all. 1/3 of our emissions are just pet… +2.5
9d ago Blue Hydrogen Market Growth Projected USD 38,820 Million, at a 53.1% CAGR by Driving Global Demand and Trends Till 2035 | Power Grid Today www.powergridtoday.com/article/9268... +3.5
9d ago 😂🫠 A whole hour after the power goes out and the telecom company is texting and pushing app notifications about a detected power outage. An HOUR later. Thanks, never would have known 😒 -2.0
9d ago Gotta love that BC Hydro hasn’t got our planned power outage on their list of planned outages. Nor does it seem to have us listed under current outages now that power has gone off finally. Than… -4.0
10d ago The fear was that we were going to draw down petroleum reserves so quickly as to not be able to continue to have an electricity grid, gasoline, etc.. Then we got a reprieve thanks to fracking, and … +4.0
11d ago Power outage in the middle of summer thanks Greg Abbott you stupid piece of shit -7.0
9d ago A lot of the data center protesting in my area is "our electric grid is already struggling" and "they're going to have [large number I haven't been able to source properly] diesel generators and th… ×2 -1.5
9d ago Countries w/the most data centers. Notice how many in China w/pop. @ 1.4 bill. vs US w/pop. @ 350 mill. US power grid lacks ability for demand increase, H2O shortages, unregulated mass surveillanc… -4.0
9d ago Warren City Council just voted unanimously to impose a one-year moratorium on new data centers to safeguard the local electrical grid and environment! Read the full story #WarrenCityMacombCounty … +3.0
9d ago Hope it’s not data centres that employ few people, bring minimal local benefit and overload our electricity grid. -3.0
9d ago LOL then they will own power plants to contole the power grid to so they will own your data and info and the power grids lol. WOW the population is not very smart are they. -5.0

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