European ammunition maker says plant expansion hit by energy-guzzling TikTok site

[The Heretic]

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[Nosferatu]

Paywall

 

[The Heretic]

huh - got to it via google news, now it doesn't show there

*shrug*

here are some more links:

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

Morten Brandtzæg, the CEO of Nammo, told the Financial Times that the demand for artillery rounds was 15 times higher than normal.

www.businessinsider.com

Ukraine ammunition supply threatened by "TikTok cat videos"

Nammo, one of Europe's largest ammunition manufacturers, said it can't expand because the electricity in central Norway is already being used by a data center.

www.newsweek.com

Ammo Maker Says It Can’t Expand Because TikTok Videos Are Hogging All The Power

'Challenged by the storage of cat videos'

dailycaller.com

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

Nammo, an ammo manufacturer co-owned by the Norwegian government and a Finnish state-controlled defense company, cannot meet the increasing demand for its artillery rounds because a local...

www.techspot.com

Maybe one of those will allow reading without paywall

 

[gmerkt]

To say nothing of the huge waste of electrical energy perpetrated by digital currencies.

 

[Alexx1401]

Sounds like they just need some windmills and solar panels and all will be fine

 

[Stomper]

I'd seriously be changing the name of my artillery shell manufacturing company from the current one to, "WHAMMO"!

 

[P7M13]

From the article:

Brandtzæg hinted that TikTok may have purposely signed contracts for new data centers, thereby increasing competition for electricity in the region, to crowd out Nammo, according to FT.

In my best Gomer Pyle, "surprise, surprise, surprise!"