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susankayequinn@wandering.shop ("Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱") wrote:

OMG I hadn't even thought about this part, the sudden demand -- that's the kind of thing that crashes a grid HARD

Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com The problem with AI's energy use isn't just the truly enormous demand, it's the speed at which that demand surges on and off. It's the perfect recipe for massive power grid failures. Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 25m "In a documented case in 2025, a single data centre's power demand jumped by 400% in a quarter of a second during an AI training run, faster than a gas turbine can physically respond" Great IEA video on data centre energy issues -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M3M...