Microsoft's massive Kenya AI data center would require switching off 'half the country' to meet power requirements, government says (www.tomshardware.com)
from floofloof@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 12 May 12:36
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JailElonMusk@sopuli.xyz on 12 May 12:51 next collapse

That is a sacrifice we are willing to make.

-Microsoft

gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org on 12 May 14:01 next collapse

just require microsoft to also install all the renewable energy capabilities that they intend to use then

the AI company is gonna crash within a few years and the country has got free energy supplies :)

MyOpinion@lemmy.today on 12 May 14:20 next collapse

Microshaft doing what they do best.

Deadeyegai@lemmy.world on 12 May 14:29 next collapse

So maybe don’t build it then? Or i dunno maybe MS can build a country’s infrastructure instead? That seems like a better use of slop money

Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk on 12 May 14:57 collapse

Last i checked, a government could prevent a company from doing something like this

FaceDeer@fedia.io on 12 May 17:31 next collapse

Indeed. Or charge them fees for their power consumption that would pay for the construction of additional generating capacity. This is how it is with any new expansion of industrial demand, there's going to be a need to build up the infrastructure to match. This is normally considered a good thing when you manage it properly.

CouldntCareBear@sh.itjust.works on 12 May 17:31 collapse

Which is what they just did. Literally first paragraph.