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The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible (futurism.com)
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[โ€“] Salvo@aussie.zone 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I reckon the Strait of Hormuz situation is a fabricated excuse to explain a diesel shortage due to Data Centre generators.