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       2024-08-09T06:31:16Z
       
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       Data centers guzzle power, threatening Washington's clean energy pushhttps://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/power-hungry-how-the-data-center-boom-drained-wa-of-hydropower/There simply is not enough electricity from non-carbon emitting sources to power data centers *and* things that actually matter to human life, like agriculture and transportation. Nor can there be enough electrical generation infrastructure installed within the coming decades to have spare electricity left over for frivolous things like "AI".