Emeritus Prof Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
Retired Professor of Political Economy (Lancaster University, UK - retired 2021) (also #ProfDJ across the Lune Valley) Contributor: North West Bylines #NoBridge
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Emeritus Prof Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
Retired Professor of Political Economy (Lancaster University, UK - retired 2021) (also #ProfDJ across the Lune Valley) Contributor: North West Bylines #NoBridge
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@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
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2d ago
So, it now seems that McKinsey & Cambridge Econometrics analysis of the likely environmental impact of the build-out of AI-related data centres in the UK was off by around ten times; that is, new (independent) projections suggest (and now adopted by the Govt.) that the environmental impact (via carbon emissions) is likely to be TEN times what the consultancies predicted.
(water usage predictions have also been raised)
Funny that...I wonder who else McKinsey work for???
#AI #DataCentres
h/t FT
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JdeBP
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This is a general, but non-politics, account covering everything from computer programming to supermarket meal deals; any politics will be taken up by @JdeBP. For #senryu and #SlowLife tasks, see @JdeBP. For the command-line and system tools (including #nosh and #djbwares), specifically, see @JdeBP.
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Mar 01, 2026
@vmstan@vmst.io
From the current status page (https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status)
'At around 4:30 AM PST, one of our Availability Zones (mec1-az2) was impacted by objects that struck the data center, creating sparks and fire. The fire department shut off power to the facility and generators as they worked to put out the fire. We are still awaiting permission to turn the power back on, […]'
As Hans Gruber would say: You asked for miracles, Theo. I give you the #UnitedArabEmirates fire department.
#AWS #Amazon #CloudComputing #DataCentres #DieHard #HansGruber #RisksDigest
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