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    From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 27 20:59:37 2023
    A Norwegian arms manufacturer said that a TikTok data center is eating all the electricity in the region, meaning that the company cannot keep up with the surging global demand for ammunition.

    Experts are increasingly commenting on the massive demands of big tech companies, and how energy usage by their data centers is causing issues for other industries.

    "We are concerned because we see our future growth is challenged by the storage of cat videos," Morten Brandtzæg, the CEO of Nammo, said in an interview with the Financial Times.

    Power is provided on a first-come, first-served basis, according to Elvia, the energy provider in the Raufoss region of Norway — an area around 120km north of Oslo.

    The energy company told the FT that it has no spare capacity for Nammo to hike its output as it has already been promised to TikTok. A spokesperson told the FT that if Nammo does order more capacity, it will "take time" before that can be achieved
    because the network needs to be "strengthened."

    Better place your order now.

    ScottW

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to ScottW on Mon Mar 27 22:25:59 2023
    On Monday, March 27, 2023 at 11:59:38 PM UTC-4, ScottW wrote:
    A Norwegian arms manufacturer said that a TikTok data center is eating all the electricity in the region, meaning that the company cannot keep up with the surging global demand for ammunition.

    Experts are increasingly commenting on the massive demands of big tech companies, and how energy usage by their data centers is causing issues for other industries.

    "We are concerned because we see our future growth is challenged by the storage of cat videos," Morten Brandtzæg, the CEO of Nammo, said in an interview with the Financial Times.

    Power is provided on a first-come, first-served basis, according to Elvia, the energy provider in the Raufoss region of Norway — an area around 120km north of Oslo.

    The energy company told the FT that it has no spare capacity for Nammo to hike its output as it has already been promised to TikTok. A spokesperson told the FT that if Nammo does order more capacity, it will "take time" before that can be achieved
    because the network needs to be "strengthened."

    Better place your order now.

    ScottW

    Simple solution to all these data centers hogging the energy supply with their incessant computer processing.
    Just use more bitcoin to buy more energy.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Tue Mar 28 08:14:05 2023
    On 3/27/23 10:59 PM, ScottW wrote:
    A Norwegian arms manufacturer said that a TikTok data center is
    eating all the electricity in the region, meaning that the company
    cannot keep up with the surging global demand for ammunition...

    Better place your order now.

    In Texas Aggies burn excess natural gas to mine Bitcoin.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 28 21:52:36 2023
    On Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 9:14:08 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/27/23 10:59 PM, ScottW wrote:
    A Norwegian arms manufacturer said that a TikTok data center is
    eating all the electricity in the region, meaning that the company
    cannot keep up with the surging global demand for ammunition...
    Better place your order now.
    In Texas Aggies burn excess natural gas to mine Bitcoin.

    What do you mean by Aggies?
    Tex A&M students?
    But doesn't that happen anywhere?

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Wed Mar 29 10:16:22 2023
    On 3/28/23 11:52 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 9:14:08 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/27/23 10:59 PM, ScottW wrote:
    A Norwegian arms manufacturer said that a TikTok data center is
    eating all the electricity in the region, meaning that the company
    cannot keep up with the surging global demand for ammunition...
    Better place your order now.
    In Texas Aggies burn excess natural gas to mine Bitcoin.

    What do you mean by Aggies?
    Tex A&M students?

    Two of them anyway.

    But doesn't that happen anywhere?

    It's possible anywhere there's flaring gas in oilfields. I don't know if
    it does happen anywhere else.

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