From 5dc171a7e055cfd02844c88e6e765ebb7c4bb445 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Omkar P Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:37:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add UN article on data center electricity consumption (#1507) ### Description of Changes This PR adds UN article on data center electricity consumption to Why not LLMS? > Draining the power of cities section. Preview: https://codeberg.org/omkar-foss/open-slopware/src/commit/dbe743095414573022461f25a20783006703d206/why_not_llms.md#draining-the-power-of-cities Co-authored-by: ethical-foss-admin Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/ethical-foss/open-slopware/pulls/1507 Reviewed-by: Ethical FOSS admin --- why_not_llms.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/why_not_llms.md b/why_not_llms.md index 0df6dd3..dd9d0f3 100644 --- a/why_not_llms.md +++ b/why_not_llms.md @@ -123,8 +123,9 @@ There's been a number of high profile incidents that have resulted in endangerme AI Datacenters are often put into places where the land is cheap for corporations to buy up the land, which disproportionately impacts low-income communities' power grids. This means that Black and Indigenous land feels the brunt of not only electricity bills going up to subsidize these datacenters' strain on the power grid, but also these communities are more likely to experience rolling and sustained black outs, especially during times of crisis. This means that residential homes go without power. For those that are disabled that require usage of at-home medically necessary machines, this can mean a death sentence. -* [Residents Say Musk’s AI Supercomputer Is a ‘Death Sentence’ for Memphis Communities](https://capitalbnews.org/elon-musk-xai-naacp-black-neighborhoods-pollution/) +* [Residents Say Musk's AI Supercomputer Is a 'Death Sentence' for Memphis Communities](https://capitalbnews.org/elon-musk-xai-naacp-black-neighborhoods-pollution/) * [From Memphis to Gary, Black Communities Are Being Left in the Dark](https://capitalbnews.org/memphis-gary-black-communities-power-outages/) +* [United Nations: AI datacentres pose growing threat to electricity systems worldwide](https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/09/1168296) ### Ties to the War Industrial Complex