Re:AI Labs Are Solving the Power Problem
by XorNot on Thursday January 01, 2026 @12:12AM
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Seriously this: smoke stacks are a carefully engineered structure specially to ensure air emissions diffuse and don't roll along the ground.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnYdt4T76mk
You absolutely cannot park a bunch of truck mounted generators next to an existing plant and go "yeah it won't make a difference".
Re:AI Labs Are Solving the Power Problem
by rossjudson on Thursday January 01, 2026 @02:29AM
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Once, when I was a child, I remember the carefully engineered smoke stacks in Sudbury Ontario spilling out acrid smoke sideways, and then straight down into the town.
Back then, Sudbury looked like Mars.
Re:AI Labs Are Solving the Power Problem
by black_puppydog on Thursday January 01, 2026 @06:12AM
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So you're saying when not done properly, emissions have very direct negative impact on the surrounding community. Did I get that right?
https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/xai-datacen...
https://maps.app.goo.gl/uPkQtSQzMZC3rPZB6