Okay folks I've responded to the data center heat island paper. It is the worst study on AI and the environment I've ever read, by far. Thank you to @beijingpalmer.bsky.social for flagging. blog.andymasley.com/p/data-cente...
A terrible paper and even worse interpretation is threatening to become common wisdom
Academia only rewards and celebrates the former. Never the latter. And that's fucked up. Because if you can do it with a 4-4 or 5-5 teaching load, plus service, plus advising, but with no resources or support? Holy shit! Imagine what they could do with a 2-2 and assistants and funding.