AI boom could leave an e-waste trail that wraps 6 times around Earth
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Report says estimates focused on GPUs miss the mountains of power, cooling, and networking gear destined for scrap
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Based on the original story on theregister.com.
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Panel 1
Robin (Shake head)
Sam: Another AI chip? Really?
Alex: But Sam, it's the future! CPUs are just the beginning.
Robin: I'm not buying it. All those new GPUs are like mountains of e-waste waiting to happen.
Panel 2
Robin (Grinning)
Sam: Right now, the focus is on GPUs. But it's the rest that's going to be a real problem.
Alex: Like the data centers? All that power, cooling, and networking gear destined for the scrap heap.
Robin: And we thought this was just about CPUs!
Panel 3
Robin (Chuckling)
Sam: It’s going to be like wrapping the Earth in e-waste...six times over.
Robin: Can you imagine? The e-waste mountain... wrapped six times around Earth.
Alex: Imagine the view from the top of that mountain.
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