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Google and Microsoft consume more energy than 100+ countries | Windows Central (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

No matter which way you correctly read the headline, it's false.

You can either read it as Google and microsoft individually consumed more electricity than these 100 countries did (false, it's Google and microsoft combined)

OR Google and Microsoft combined consimed more than these 100 countries did total.

Did an intern write this or something?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

CoPilot with Gemini plugin did.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Hm. Maybe it's ambiguity is there to maximise clicking on the article?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

In 2023, Microsoft and Google consumed 48 TWh of electricity (24 TWh each).

Each of them separately.