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AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 20 Dec 2025
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You mean the experimental reactors? Your comment implies that there are currently big data centers running fusion reactors to power them and that is just false.
I meant that the current reactor designs were made using AI running in big data centers with supercomputers/GPUs.