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Paris Marx

To dominate AI, Sam Altman knew OpenAI needed to scale faster than anyone else — regardless of the social and environmental costs.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with @karenhao to discuss Altman’s AI empire and why it must be dismantled.

Listen to the full episode: techwontsave.us/episode/280_we

Tech Won't Save UsWe All Suffer from OpenAI’s Pursuit of Scale w/ Karen Hao - Tech Won’t Save UsA left-wing podcast for better technology and a better world.
#tech#ai#generativeai
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

What #solar? What #wind? #Texas #datacenters build their own #gas #powerplants
On the old ranch across the street, developers want to build an complex of supercomputers for AI, plus a large, private power plant to run it.
The plant would be big enough to power a major city, with 1,200MW of planned generation capacity fueled by West Texas shale gas. It will only supply the new #datacenter, and possibly other large data centers recently proposed, down the road.
arstechnica.com/science/2025/0

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Ars Technica · What solar? What wind? Texas data centers build their own gas power plantsBy Inside Climate News
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Loki the Cat

🎵 History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes! 📝 Tech's latest poetry slam features data centers with nuclear dreams - quite the ambitious verse. VC warns we're writing the same bubble ballad we've sung before, just with fancier equipment. Time to check if this rhyme scheme adds up! 🤔 #Tech #DataCenters

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news.slashdot.orgData Center Boom May End Up Being 'Irrational,' Investor Warns - SlashdotA prominent venture capitalist has warned that the technology industry's massive buildout of AI data centers risks becoming "irrational" and could end in disaster, particularly as companies pursue small nuclear reactors to power the facilities. Josh Wolfe, co-founder and partner at Lux Capital, comp...
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ResearchBuzz: Firehose

The Register: Musk’s smog-belching Colossus datacenter slammed by civil rights group . “As late as April, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) revealed that xAI had deployed 35 gas turbines to power the facility while MLGW completed work on a pair of 150 megawatt substations. It’s estimated that the nitrogen oxides (NOx) produced by these generators could cost county residents upwards […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/05/the-register-musks-smog-belching-colossus-datacenter-slammed-by-civil-rights-group/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · The Register: Musk’s smog-belching Colossus datacenter slammed by civil rights group | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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#AI#datacenters#elonmusk
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DoomsdaysCW

The noise of #BitcoinMining is driving #Americans crazy

Constant hum of fans that cool #DataCenter computers is turning residents against #Trump's pro-#cryptocurrency agenda

Scientists are increasingly linking 'prolonged exposure to #NoisePollution with cardiovascular damage'

By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK
published 5 days ago

"The relentless '#MechanicalHowl' of a #cryptocurrency mining facility has become 'the soundtrack to life for hundreds of residents' in #GranburyTX, a small rural town in #Texas, said The Guardian.

" ;It echoes across agricultural land and forests, chasing away deer. It seeps into walls, vibrating bedrooms and dinner tables.' One resident said it was as though a 'jet engine is forever stationed nearby'.

"Bitcoin mining has exploded in the US over the past decade, particularly in the wake of Donald Trump's re-election to the White House and his embrace of cryptocurrency. But it's an energy-intensive process: the powerful computers that create and protect the cryptocurrency need fans on the go constantly to cool them down. And across #rural, mostly #Republican towns, residents are getting sick of the noise – and getting sick, full stop."

theweek.com/tech/the-noise-of-

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#AIColonialism #NoNukesForAI #AISucks #WaterIsLife #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution
#DataCenters #USPol #NoisePollution

The Week · The noise of Bitcoin mining is driving Americans crazyConstant hum of fans that cool data-centre computers is turning residents against Trump's pro-cryptocurrency agenda
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DoomsdaysCW

#Kentucky is welcoming a #DataCenter boom. But what are the #environmental costs?

by Connor Giffin
April 29, 2025

"Some of the biggest companies in the world are eyeing Kentucky and neighboring states for data center development, as surging interest in artificial intelligence pushes the industry to scour the country for energy, land and water.

"The projects carry a promise of historic investment. Experts say they could also deepen some of Kentucky’s foremost environmental challenges.

"Sprawling data centers have been announced in Jefferson County, across the river in Southern #Indiana, and most recently in Oldham County — where opponents fear a $6 billion proposed project could upend rural character, quality of life and water resources.

"Data centers are critical infrastructure for internet and cloud services, underpinning everything from emails to online shopping. Due to their vast scale of computational power, cooling systems and other operations, large data centers have an insatiable demand for energy.

"The major projects coming to the Louisville area will demand hundreds of megawatts — enough to power hundreds of thousands of homes. Data centers are expected to make up 7-12% of all U.S. electricity consumption by 2028, up from 2% about a decade ago.

"In Kentucky, a small portion of power generation comes from renewable sources, like solar power. Most comes from coal, widely considered the most polluting form of energy, or gas, which also brings emissions with planet-warming consequences.

"With a looming spike in power demand and pressure to meet that demand, advocates fear utilities could turn to highly polluting fuels. But some hope the demand could also push utilities to diversify with more renewables, as data center operators call for as much power as possible, as soon as possible.

"The industry has tried to assuage fears of environmental harm. Some data center operators have indicated plans to use renewable energy or take steps in development to protect waterways and preserve green space.

"State and local officials are welcoming data centers with open arms. The Kentucky General Assembly this year expanded sales and use tax exemptions for 'qualified data center projects' in a bill lobbied by #Google and #Meta."

courier-journal.com/story/news

#AIColonialism #NoNukesForAI #AISucks #WaterIsLife #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution
#DataCenters

The Courier-Journal · Kentucky is welcoming a data center boom. But what are the environmental costs?By , The Courier-Journal
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DoomsdaysCW

FIRE AT HILLSBORO DATA CENTER

5/26/2025

"On Thursday, May 23rd, a thick cloud of putrid black smoke rose over #HillsboroOR. The smoke was from an early morning fire at one of the massive #DataCenters based in the city. According to local media, the fire originated from #batteries inside the Digital Realty (PDX 11) #DataCenter. Unfortunately, the flames did not spread to the rest of the data center and the damage was minimal. Firefighters let the fire burn itself out for five hours. The fire caused major disruptions on the web, including big outages to X/Twitter, which was reportedly one of the companies leasing space at the data center. There is currently no public information about the cause of the fire."

rosecitycounterinfo.noblogs.or

#OregonDataCenters #SiliconForest #AISucks #NoNukesForAI
#WaterIsLife #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution
#DataCenters

rosecitycounterinfo.noblogs.orgFIRE AT HILLSBORO DATA CENTER – Rose City Counter-Info
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Denise Gutzmer

AI-driven data centers are growing in the drought-stricken Mountain West, analysis finds

Experts warn that the abundance of data centers in the Mountain West could strain water supplies for cities and farmers.

#datacenters #water #drought

knpr.org/2025-06-02/ai-data-ce

This is a wide-angle image of a data center construction site. Three cranes of differing heights stretched into the clear blue sky.
KNPR · AI-driven data centers are growing in the drought-stricken Mountain West, analysis findsBy Kaleb Roedel
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Rayyyyyyyyy

Keep talking with more people on the idea of expropiating #datacenters from private companies - instead of building more, and continue to get the "it is not possible" answer (or no answer) very often. It surprises me a lot given the history, lands that were and are stolen without a problem, but for some reason some buildings *on European soil* are untouchable. Buildings that host critical public infra

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