Nuclear Power Plants Far More Popular Than AI Data Centers For Local Areas
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A majority of Americans say they're against the local construction of data centers to power artificial intelligence.
  • Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    If it doesn’t do anything and ‘just sits there’ why do we have to be so careful where we put it? I don’t normally bury all my harmless materials at the bottom of a mine

    • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
      31·
      5 days ago

      So that it does continue to just sit there. If you dissolve it in ground water or concentrate so much of it it vaporizes or break it up and disperse it, it is no longer just sitting there.

      Also lots of materials are harmless when treated correctly, and dangerous if dispersed.