Nono, i mean they literally think that datacentres only exist for LLM use.
Speaking as someone whoâs spent most of her professional career in telecommunication datacentresâŚ
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠agoIâm going to have to push back here. Itâs 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.
Donât 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 peopleâs well being canât be ignored.
I wouldnât refer to people with those concerns as luddites. Iâd call them reasonable.
Taleya@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
StudChud@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠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 â¨2⊠â¨days⊠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 â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
And theyâll be joined by the general public
SituationCake@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠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 â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Not every DC is an LLM DC. Keep reading that line until you get it.
SituationCake@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Wow, thatâs rude. Clearly I didnât 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, itâs not good or evil, and itâs 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 â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Rude? I stated the fact that people are conflating datacentres as a whole with llm dcs.
you decided to construct a shitty, ranty strawman in response. Thatâs on you. I donât care. Itâs nothing to do with what i fucking said.
Not every DC is an LLM DC. Read that line until it sinks in.