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Re:AI Labs Are Solving the Power Problem by bob1029 on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @06:36PM (#46449507)
How tall are the stacks at the combined cycle plant compared to the ones at the xAI datacenter?

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/xai-datacen...

https://maps.app.goo.gl/uPkQtSQzMZC3rPZB6

Re:AI Labs Are Solving the Power Problem by XorNot on Thursday January 01, 2026 @12:12AM (#46451494)
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 (#46452069)
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 (#46453173)
So you're saying when not done properly, emissions have very direct negative impact on the surrounding community. Did I get that right?
Re:AI Labs Are Solving the Power Problem by Xss3 on Thursday January 01, 2026 @05:05PM (#46458581)
No theyre saying that since that day everyone has given up and nothing matters anymore. We all collectively decided that it is OKAY and didnt change a single thing since.