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🇨🇳 #China to Roll Out More Measures to Support Consumption - Shanghai Securities News ➡ China’s central and local governments are rolling out a new round of policies to boost consumption, including issuing vouchers, easing housing provident fund policies and accelerating pilot #China #Consumption #EconomicGrowth #CN

**Load Is Not the Enemy. Unstructured Load Is.** Europe does not need to make industry consume less electricity simply for the sake of consuming less. It needs to make electricity demand more intelligent in time. Industrial flexibility means shifting, shaping and coordinating loads around electricity prices, grid conditions and production needs — without compromising the output the customer actually wants. That can mean demand response. It can mean BESS. It can mean thermal storage, EV charging, process scheduling or combining several flexible assets behind the meter. The value does not come from any single technology. It comes from **coordination**. As electricity markets become more dynamic, flexibility turns consumption from a passive cost into an actively managed energy profile. The next efficiency frontier is therefore not only about using fewer kilowatt-hours. It is about deciding **which kilowatt-hours, when, and for what purpose.** #Energy #Flexibility #Electricity

🇨🇳 #China’s State Council designated housing as the top durable consumer good under the recently approved 15th Five-Year Plan for expanding consumption, a move that will accelerate regional policies aimed at reviving the real estate market, according to a report by the Economic #RealEstate #China #FiveYearPlan #CN

🇨🇳 #China Gives Out New Round of Vouchers to Boost Spending - Securities Daily *Since August, many provinces including Hainan, Henan and Zhejiang have issued or plan to give out a new round of consumption vouchers covering spending such as travel, gadgets, home appliances, as #China #Vouchers #Economy #CN

Eiropas Komisija plāno padarīt Eiropu par pirmo elektroenerģiju darbinātu kontinentu, piedāvājot risinājumus elektrifikācijas izmaksu samazināšanai un uzsverot elektrotīklu uzlabošanu, lai paātrinātu pāreju uz tīru enerģiju un radītu kvalitatīvas darbavietas. #elektrifikācija #enerģijaspat consumption #ilgtspēja

We know that out of control data centre development has led to 23% of electricity being consumed by data centres. A recent report found that data centres consume 80% of electricity in Dublin, yet Uisce Éireann can’t or won’t tell us the effect of data centres on water consumption #DataCenters #ElectricityConsumption #WaterUsage #IE

We know that out of control data centre development has led to 23% of electricity being consumed by data centres. A recent report found that data centres consume 80% of electricity in Dublin, yet Uisce Éireann can’t or won’t tell us the effect of data centres on water consumption #DataCenters #ElectricityConsumption #Sustainability #IE

Meta’s Clonee data centre in County Meath recorded an annual consumption of 657 million litres. There are 107 data centres in Ireland. At the same time, the government is imposing a hose pipe ban. https://t.co/tVg40cEPx6 #DataCenters #Ireland #WaterConservation #IE

🇨🇳 #China Seeks to Unwind Car Purchase Limit, Boost Value Chain - Ministry of Commerce - China aims to accelerate the elimination of unreasonable curbs on automobile consumption while expanding consumption across the industry’s entire value chain, according to a notice issued by #China #Automobile #ValueChain #CN

People throw numbers on water use in agriculture or data centers without understanding the scale, context or implications. I avoided pitching in so far. I have been trying to get real consequences at the end of the cycle before making the call. For now, the disinformation ( like statements attributed to Bezos ) or the volume of water consumption by data centres, they all proved to be nonsense. I have watched this pattern for long. When the sugar lobby started facing the consequences high sugar content in diet and the health issues after that, they tried the usual practices of the tobacco lobby before them. But the scale has been too big. And sugar and pharma sectors were intertwined. So they joined hands and started multi-layered disinformation campaigns. Destroy credibility of weak and gullible simple minded ones and then sort out the remaining through lawyering up. But that was 25 years ago. They have improvised alot now and the pandemic lessons have been intense. Data centers might have borrowed a leaf out of them. That is what it seems so far. AI story is about real estate, power generation, precious metals and water. But in a strategic manner, not the routine volume numbers. I will write soon. #sustainability #waterconservation #waterfootprint #datacenterimpact #factchecking

France has prohibited alcohol consumption at public events during the Fête de la Musique due to a severe heatwave expected to bring temperatures nearing 41°C, aiming to safeguard emergency services and prioritize the health of vulnerable populations. #France #Heatwave #MusicFestivals

🇨🇳 #China to Step Up Fiscal Support to Boost AI Consumption - Statement ➡ China will ramp up fiscal support to spur AI consumption while advancing broader measures including smart product rollouts, e-commerce integration and service upgrades, according to a statement. ➡ #China #AI #FiscalSupport #CN

In the contemporary digital landscape, a paradigm shift has occurred in how audiences engage with cultural artifacts. From cinema to music, the way we consume culture has undergone a conceptual transformation. Today, the medium has not only become the message but has begun to eclipse the artistic substance itself. Through the lens of what I call “fakism,” this article examines the transition from aesthetic appreciation to algorithmic and interface-driven consumption. #ai #music #musicconsumption #culture #Tunitemusic #arashkazizi #estonia #digitalmusic #streamingservice #musicstreaming https://tunitemusic.com/post/the-architecture-of-consumption/