The news reveals the great technological paradox: using liquefied natural gas to power artificial intelligence while selling it as clean energy. In reality, this fossil fuel worsens the climate crisis and threatens to skyrocket electricity prices for households. Large companies prioritize expanding their servers without evaluating the social and environmental cost of their operations.
Data centers: the unstoppable energy appetite ⚡
Each query to an AI model can consume up to ten times more energy than a conventional search. To sustain this growth, companies turn to liquefied natural gas, whose extraction and transportation generate methane emissions. Meanwhile, solar or wind energy, which are truly renewable, take a back seat. Regulation is needed to limit the consumption of these centers so that their bill does not fall on the end user.
The green transition according to tech companies: more gas, please 😅
It seems the energy transition consists of replacing coal with gas, but with a cloud logo and a virtual assistant. Now it turns out that for a machine to learn to write poems, we need to drill the Arctic. Meanwhile, you turn off the light to save money, and they fire up a thermal power plant so the AI can recommend a TV series. At least the planet is laughing, even if it's with hypocrisy.