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  • gerrymcgovern@mastodon.greenG This user is from outside of this forum
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    Data Centers Now Consume 6% of US Electricity

    "An estimated 13 percent of US cloud consumption, totaling more than 3 gigawatts, comes from so-called "zombie" workloads—abandoned test environments and unused applications that continue to draw power without doing any useful work."

    https://singularityhub.com/2026/05/22/data-centers-now-consume-6-of-electricity-in-the-us-and-the-backlash-has-begun/

    permanetrike@mastodon.greenP mast0d0nphan@beige.partyM cauzation@mastodon.socialC joblakely@mastodon.socialJ hannorein@mastodon.socialH 8 Replies Last reply
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    • gerrymcgovern@mastodon.greenG gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green

      Data Centers Now Consume 6% of US Electricity

      "An estimated 13 percent of US cloud consumption, totaling more than 3 gigawatts, comes from so-called "zombie" workloads—abandoned test environments and unused applications that continue to draw power without doing any useful work."

      https://singularityhub.com/2026/05/22/data-centers-now-consume-6-of-electricity-in-the-us-and-the-backlash-has-begun/

      permanetrike@mastodon.greenP This user is from outside of this forum
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      #2

      @gerrymcgovern

      Burn your local datacenter-day is ... Checks notes...

      Everyday of the week!

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      • gerrymcgovern@mastodon.greenG gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green

        Data Centers Now Consume 6% of US Electricity

        "An estimated 13 percent of US cloud consumption, totaling more than 3 gigawatts, comes from so-called "zombie" workloads—abandoned test environments and unused applications that continue to draw power without doing any useful work."

        https://singularityhub.com/2026/05/22/data-centers-now-consume-6-of-electricity-in-the-us-and-the-backlash-has-begun/

        mast0d0nphan@beige.partyM This user is from outside of this forum
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        #3

        @gerrymcgovern And residents pay 100% of the costs.

        #BurnYourLocalDataCenter

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        • gerrymcgovern@mastodon.greenG gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green

          Data Centers Now Consume 6% of US Electricity

          "An estimated 13 percent of US cloud consumption, totaling more than 3 gigawatts, comes from so-called "zombie" workloads—abandoned test environments and unused applications that continue to draw power without doing any useful work."

          https://singularityhub.com/2026/05/22/data-centers-now-consume-6-of-electricity-in-the-us-and-the-backlash-has-begun/

          cauzation@mastodon.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
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          #4

          @gerrymcgovern Graduate #FossilFuels #Oligarchy #TechBros with #sustainability #scientists

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          • gerrymcgovern@mastodon.greenG gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green

            Data Centers Now Consume 6% of US Electricity

            "An estimated 13 percent of US cloud consumption, totaling more than 3 gigawatts, comes from so-called "zombie" workloads—abandoned test environments and unused applications that continue to draw power without doing any useful work."

            https://singularityhub.com/2026/05/22/data-centers-now-consume-6-of-electricity-in-the-us-and-the-backlash-has-begun/

            joblakely@mastodon.socialJ This user is from outside of this forum
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            #5

            @gerrymcgovern
            I need the scream bot.
            @scream

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            • joblakely@mastodon.socialJ joblakely@mastodon.social

              @gerrymcgovern
              I need the scream bot.
              @scream

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              #6

              @JoBlakely AAAAAAAHHHHHHH

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              • gerrymcgovern@mastodon.greenG gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green

                Data Centers Now Consume 6% of US Electricity

                "An estimated 13 percent of US cloud consumption, totaling more than 3 gigawatts, comes from so-called "zombie" workloads—abandoned test environments and unused applications that continue to draw power without doing any useful work."

                https://singularityhub.com/2026/05/22/data-centers-now-consume-6-of-electricity-in-the-us-and-the-backlash-has-begun/

                hannorein@mastodon.socialH This user is from outside of this forum
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                #7

                @gerrymcgovern 13% seems like a very low number!

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                • gerrymcgovern@mastodon.greenG gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green

                  Data Centers Now Consume 6% of US Electricity

                  "An estimated 13 percent of US cloud consumption, totaling more than 3 gigawatts, comes from so-called "zombie" workloads—abandoned test environments and unused applications that continue to draw power without doing any useful work."

                  https://singularityhub.com/2026/05/22/data-centers-now-consume-6-of-electricity-in-the-us-and-the-backlash-has-begun/

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                  #8

                  @gerrymcgovern

                  AND
                  WE
                  PAY
                  FOR
                  THIS

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                  • hannorein@mastodon.socialH hannorein@mastodon.social

                    @gerrymcgovern 13% seems like a very low number!

                    lanaehforaday@universeodon.comL This user is from outside of this forum
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                    #9

                    @hannorein

                    They're just getting started.

                    @gerrymcgovern

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                    • gerrymcgovern@mastodon.greenG gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green

                      Data Centers Now Consume 6% of US Electricity

                      "An estimated 13 percent of US cloud consumption, totaling more than 3 gigawatts, comes from so-called "zombie" workloads—abandoned test environments and unused applications that continue to draw power without doing any useful work."

                      https://singularityhub.com/2026/05/22/data-centers-now-consume-6-of-electricity-in-the-us-and-the-backlash-has-begun/

                      emd@cosocial.caE This user is from outside of this forum
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                      #10

                      @evan does this still jive with your research? Not attacking, you seem to have really good knowledge about these and I’m curious where this fits.

                      @gerrymcgovern

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                      • emd@cosocial.caE emd@cosocial.ca

                        @evan does this still jive with your research? Not attacking, you seem to have really good knowledge about these and I’m curious where this fits.

                        @gerrymcgovern

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                        #11

                        @emd @gerrymcgovern I've seen 4-5% of us electricity consumption

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                        • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

                          @emd @gerrymcgovern I've seen 4-5% of us electricity consumption

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                          #12

                          @evan @gerrymcgovern right, so perhaps it’s higher now and still increasing? Or you disagree with this research?

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                          • emd@cosocial.caE emd@cosocial.ca

                            @evan @gerrymcgovern right, so perhaps it’s higher now and still increasing? Or you disagree with this research?

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                            @emd @gerrymcgovern I didn't look. It doesn't sound impossible to me!

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                            • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

                              @emd @gerrymcgovern I didn't look. It doesn't sound impossible to me!

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                              #14

                              @emd @gerrymcgovern my main concern is that people talk about AI (0.1-0.2% of global greenhouse gas emissions) as indefensible compared to other human activities like beef cultivation (10%), rice (2%), cement production (8%), or personal cars (10%).

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                              • evan@cosocial.caE evan@cosocial.ca

                                @emd @gerrymcgovern my main concern is that people talk about AI (0.1-0.2% of global greenhouse gas emissions) as indefensible compared to other human activities like beef cultivation (10%), rice (2%), cement production (8%), or personal cars (10%).

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                                #15

                                @evan @emd not a great argument to compare AI to rice. Beef and cars, sure. For many years tech industry said data center energy use was nothing to be worried about, less than 1%. Then it exploded. AI energy, water and materials grab is only getting started.

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                                • gerrymcgovern@mastodon.greenG gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green

                                  Data Centers Now Consume 6% of US Electricity

                                  "An estimated 13 percent of US cloud consumption, totaling more than 3 gigawatts, comes from so-called "zombie" workloads—abandoned test environments and unused applications that continue to draw power without doing any useful work."

                                  https://singularityhub.com/2026/05/22/data-centers-now-consume-6-of-electricity-in-the-us-and-the-backlash-has-begun/

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                                  @gerrymcgovern well if datacenter permits would include water treatment and solar farms and wind farms and battery storage, then it would all be fine. Because when the boom is over, the energy production will still be there and benefit everyone.

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