Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says
2026-06-23 04:07 UTC
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@notsosure@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-23 04:17
At least it’s a simple choice.
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@HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 2026-06-23 04:17
What I find interesting is that a lot of these changes which are attributed to the purportedly “inevitable” changes associated with AI, are real consequences of climate change. loss of enployment? Check. profound change to living conditions? Check. threathening the continuity of human civilization? Check. threathening the capability to compete on national scales if the change is not reponded to swiftly by governments? Check. Correlated with obscene amounts of wealth concentration, impoverishing the huge majority of people, and disintegrating societies? Check. It’s as if AI is used as a distraction. Like the “accusation in a mirror pattern”.
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@Mihies@programming.dev 2026-06-23 05:50
Good timing when most of the Europe is literally burning in heat. Datacenters, of course 🙃
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@alavar@slrpnk.net 2026-06-23 06:28
AI craze in “Europe” (not all Europe) is another example of some people blindly following USA for no real reasons. There is political fight right now and we have to decide whether we will forge our own better destiny or fall prey to American ruling class of tech bros, billionaires and conservatives who are their executive branch.
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@inari@piefed.zip 2026-06-23 11:23
Not a difficult choice by any means
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@DaGreenGobbo@feddit.uk 2026-06-23 12:33
Probably best to post a removepaywalls.com/ link. I wouldn’t want to support the bastards at Axel Springer.
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@xyro@morbier.foo 2026-06-23 14:05
Climate or progress, false dilemma fallacy