The data heat island effect: quantifying the impact of AI data centers in a warming world · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2603.20897/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTThe data heat island effect: quantifying the impact of AI data centers in a warming world — mentioned by pseudohadamardhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48816386urn:hackerpapers:mention:2603.20897:48816386Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:45:14 GMT<p>They obviously used this, https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/s..., as their guide on how to write up the story. Having said that, the original source for the story was the very first search result for &quot;data centres 9 degrees celsius&quot;: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2521256-ai-data-centres.... And it&#x27;s in New Scientist so there&#x27;s proper data, and a link to the actual publication, which is https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20897.</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2603.20897/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CY