Critics decry AI push amid UK data center gas use plans

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-05-19 00:00

A Mastodon user criticizes the tech industry's push for AI adoption, suggesting it's driven by a belief that AI will solve climate change. This perspective is contrasted with reports that over 100 data centers in the UK plan to use gas-generated electricity. AI

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Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-05-19 00:00

@ ketan But we should go all-in on # AI because it will somehow solve # ClimateChange , according to the techbros. "More than 100 UK datacentres plan to burn ga

@ ketan But we should go all-in on # AI because it will somehow solve # ClimateChange , according to the techbros. "More than 100 UK datacentres plan to burn gas to generate electricity"

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@ ketan But we should go all-in on # AI because it will somehow solve # ClimateChange , according to the techbros. "More than 100 UK datacentres plan to burn ga

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