• mozz@mbin.grits.dev
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    4 months ago

    This is a pretty good article about it, with this being the relevant graph:

    Like I say, it’s going to become a significant thing, and I’m sure for the tiny fraction of all the world’s data centers that are operated by Microsoft specifically it already is, but it isn’t yet, on a global scale.

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        4 months ago

        Not really. The primary sources for the chart are actually in the image, and there’s a link in the Verge article if you’re able to read academic papers.

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              4 months ago

              The verge put out a really terrible PC building guide about 5 years ago which hurt their reputation. So the joke is just that the verge isn’t trust worthy.

              But that was 5 years ago and they corrected their mistakes since.

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                And when this guy says terrible, they basically put out a video where they did everything wrong to an almost impressive degree

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      4 months ago

      Fair, but it’s pretty much on track to be the new crypto of energy usage. We’re just a few years out for it to get fully ramped up