On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 04:32:07PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > I'm mostly in the same boat as you, in that my home AI system runs on nice > happy solar power in the summer (and on sunny days in winter, when the heat > pump is unable to supply my house with enough thermal energy, but that's a > different problem). The typical data center however is unlikely to shut down > at night, or when the days are shorter. and there are maaaaaybe 1 mio little datacenter like yours, while 4 billion people use hyperscalers. this is like comparing a sling with the death star. yes, both are weapons, and the sling is very green. go team sling! i also wish this thread to end but some claims here are ridiculous. -- cheers, Holger ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ holger@(debian|reproducible-builds|layer-acht).org ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ OpenPGP: B8BF54137B09D35CF026FE9D 091AB856069AAA1C ⠈⠳⣄ its crazy that civilization is ending in like 20-30 years and were just here working jobs. (@RobDenBleyker)
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