Monday, March 27, 2023

A TikTok Data Center's Demand For Electricity Is Preventing An Ammunition Arms Maker In Norway To Produce More Shells

The demand for artillery rounds, like those manufactured by Nammo, has increased because of the war in Ukraine.AP Photo/Libkos 

Business Insider: Weapons firm says it can't meet soaring demand for artillery shells because a TikTok data center is eating all the electricity 

* An arms manufacturer said that TikTok's data center is using all the electricity in the region. 

* As a result, the company said that it cannot keep up with the surging demand for artillery rounds. 

* The CEO told the FT that the company's growth is being "challenged by the storage of cat videos." 

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.  

Read more ....

 A TikTok Data Center's Demand For Electricity Is Preventing An Ammunition Arms Maker In Norway To Produce More Shells  

Ukraine Ammunition Supply Threatened by 'TikTok Cat Videos' -- Newsweek 

Energy-hungry TikTok ‘cat videos’ altering the course of armed conflict in Ukraine -- Evening Standard  

Ammo manufacturer can't make extra artillery shells because TikTok data center is using all the electricity -- TechSpot  

Ukraine Needs More Ammunition, But a TikTok Data Center Is Standing in the Way -- PC Magazine

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

lol the irony

Anonymous said...

Cat videos are cool.

arty shells, not so much.

Sound like a personal problem to me.

So what do you want to be a part of.?

A High Tech industry with forward looking memes and ideas. One who fully supports progressive values and concepts?

Or

A stodgy , legacy, kluge, factory that has a huge carbon foot print, contributes to global warming, and produces lame steel cylinders from 1930s racist white culture technology?

I think we all can agree which one correctly reflects our 21st century values. :)

Anonymous said...

Rand Paul staffer almost stabbed to death by registered Democrat.

Anonymous said...

"Business Insider" is 100% propaganda and 0% fact. This story is 100% bullshit.

Anonymous said...

Rainbow tranny shot up a school today too. Looks like the looney tune left is melting down

Anonymous said...

Green energy ain't so great now huh

Anonymous said...

Operation Juice Box involved selling long guns and drugs, from China, directly from the Newtown police station in Connecticut.

Anonymous said...

Then raise the price of a goddamn shell and buy more competitive energy? Do adults really need to be handheld through capitalism like this?

Anonymous said...

Do adults really need cat videos that bad?

Anonymous said...

Ask the free market. Apparently the demand for that is higher than for shells.

Anonymous said...

Alexander Beyer hard at work