If they were called Data harvesting and processing centre people might care more but I doubt it. The spy on you with all we’ve got centre didn’t test well. “What is this? A centre for cunts?!” was heard shouted from one group.
Comment on Discusssion Thread 🇳🇴 Saturday 29 August 2026
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Fuuuck me dead it has begun. Luddites actually believing to the point of argument that datacentres have and will only ever exist solely to serve llm slopshitters
slowly crushes own face in palms
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 1 month ago
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
“What is this? A centre for cunts?!”
Do you guys ever wonder if there’s more to life than just being really really really ridiculously good looking?
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’m going to have to push back here. It’s very easy to draw that conclusion. The largest push in history for data centres has been brought on by the LLM craze. What is ultimately a clever math function that works similar to an autocomplete.
Don’t get me wrong, I use a local LLM for data analysis. The tech has very real uses.
The impact of data centres on both the environment, and people’s well being can’t be ignored.
I wouldn’t refer to people with those concerns as luddites. I’d call them reasonable.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 1 month ago
The current explosion in data centre expansion closely aligns with the explosion in AI services. So yes I agree that there must be a connection. Two years ago 8 billion people we were doing banking, using cloud computing services, streaming movies, storing 10000 work emails each, and all the behind the scenes industry needs, and that did not not need anywhere near the amount of data centres we do today. The AIs are very very hungry.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Not every DC is an LLM DC. Keep reading that line until you get it.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Wow, that’s rude. Clearly I didn’t say that? Since you know so much, what specifically are the 37 new data centres planned for Vic going to be used for? And why did we need so fewer of them only a year or two ago? Sure there will be varied uses but a huge amount must AI. AI is a tool, it’s not good or evil, and it’s here to stay. Most people understand that too, but at the same time they are observant and right to be asking questions about location, infrastructure, impact to power and water use, and public amenity. Which is why it is a topic of public debate.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Nono, i mean they literally think that datacentres only exist for LLM use.
Speaking as someone who’s spent most of her professional career in telecommunication datacentres…
…no
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
DCs have been around doing essential stuff for years, agreed. Do I want the local methheads to steal copper from the DCs that are only for AIs? Yes. Yes I do.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
oh yes, we need to make sure they have nice big company branding on them so we know which ones have shall we say the richest ores
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
And they’ll be joined by the general public