2026-01-06 10:25:23

Data centre power consumption is becoming a real headache for the broader economy. Industry leaders are sounding the alarm: the skyrocketing energy demands of these massive facilities could force manufacturing and other industrial sectors to significantly reduce operations. It's a classic resource competition scenario—AI and crypto infrastructure keep gobbling up more electricity, while traditional industries find themselves squeezed out of the grid. This supply crunch isn't just theoretical; it's already creating ripple effects across economies where power infrastructure hasn't kept pace with the data boom.

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BanklessAtHeart

· 01-07 08:11

Now traditional industries are about to cry, as AI and the crypto world are疯狂吸血电网 --- It's another resource competition game, and small and medium-sized enterprises are the ones losing out in the end --- Power shortages basically mean infrastructure can't keep up; it's time to upgrade the power grid --- No way, data centers are so greedy for electricity... this bill must be crazy --- Web3 is indeed promoting an energy revolution, but the cost is a bit heavy --- A typical innovation tax: new technology eats the meat, traditional industries drink the soup --- It feels like this problem is much more serious than imagined; it will really affect manufacturing --- So, is the dream of decentralization built on the collapse of electricity costs? --- This is the real energy crisis, more painful than rising oil prices --- Crypto and AI circles teaming up to抢电, traditional industries are being pressed to the ground and rubbed

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ParanoiaKing

· 01-06 10:51

Coming back with this again? AI and the crypto world are consuming electricity, industries are starving, it sounds just like a game of musical chairs. The energy crisis should have been addressed long ago, but instead, everyone is acting independently. Are data center servers really that greedy? Traditional industries should be phased out? That doesn't seem right, friends. The power grid can't keep up with the pace—that's the real bottleneck. The battle between old and new industries for electricity—let's see whose capital is stronger.

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TokenSleuth

· 01-06 10:46

Ha, AI power consumption is a big spender, about to starve the manufacturing industry. This business plan is absolutely brilliant.

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LightningWallet

· 01-06 10:30

Hmm... that's why we need more green energy, or else miners will be criticized to death.

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GasFeeCrying

· 01-06 10:27

Really, AI and crypto mining farms are consuming electricity to the point of madness, pushing traditional industries out of the market. How is this business even profitable...

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