This might actually be the future for computing tasks that dont specifically need proximity. The 10^15 joules of heat per year sounds like a lot but climate emmissions seems to be adding about 10^22 j/y for the last 20 years. This sort of thing could be the future for computers that don’t need to be close to the people using them. Its got way fewer externalities to track so the consequences seem way easier to measure.
This might actually be the future for computing tasks that dont specifically need proximity. The 10^15 joules of heat per year sounds like a lot but climate emmissions seems to be adding about 10^22 j/y for the last 20 years. This sort of thing could be the future for computers that don’t need to be close to the people using them. Its got way fewer externalities to track so the consequences seem way easier to measure.
Source about the climate thing