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#DataCentres

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Ketan Joshi

Elon Musk is choking a black community with air pollution to run a racist chatbot on a right-wing social media site. And the next data centre planned to run "Grok" will nearly double the number of fossil fuelled turbines.

Far from 'saving' the climate, it really looks like fossil-fuelled data centres are running climate-denying racist text generators for right-wing billionaires.

I found a new dataset that lays it all out pretty nicely: as bad as the generative AI data centre panic-build is, Musk is the worst of a bad bunch by a good margin.

Enjoy:

Links ->

The dataset: epoch.ai/data/ai-supercomputer

Southern Environment Law Centre update: selc.org/news/resistance-again

Thermal images of the gas turbines: theguardian.com/technology/202

More Perfect Union short documentary on the town Musk is poisoning: youtube.com/watch?v=3VJT2JeDCy

Musk's chatbot is racist: reuters.com/business/musks-xai

Once the site is grid connected, it'll raise power prices and increase grid-scale fossil fuel use: floodlightnews.org/power-for-d nytimes.com/2025/05/16/busines

A nice case study of a *defeated* 3.5 gigawatt data centre fossil fuel power station combo selc.org/news/a-rural-virginia

#ElonMusk#XAI#Grok
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“#Nvidia is seeking to reduce its reliance on #BigTech companies by striking new partnerships to sell its artificial intelligence chips to nation states, corporate groups and challengers to groups such as #Microsoft, #Amazon and #Google.

This week, the #American chip giant announced a multibillion-dollar US chip deal with #SaudiArabia’s #Humain, while the #UnitedArabEmirates announced plans to build one of the world’s largest #DataCentres in co-ordination with the US government, as the #GulfStates plan to build massive #AI infrastructure.”

#ArtificialIntelligence / #silicon / #SiliconChips / #AIChips / #diversification <archive.md/NHg7O> / <ft.com/content/2ba1d064-242d-4> (paywall)

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Ecologia Digital

"The problem is that the driving force behind the #datacenter boom isn't the #AI researchers, it is the #realestate people."

"ChatGPT came out in 2022, and the Chinese government declared AI infrastructure a national priority. Over 500 new data centres were announced in 2023 and 2024. Private investors went all-in.

Demand for the #datacentres turns out not to be there. Around 80% are not actually in use. [MIT Technology Review]"

pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/04/chi

Pivot to AI · China massively overbuilds empty AI data centresChatGPT came out in 2022, and the Chinese government declared AI infrastructure a national priority. Over 500 new data centres were announced in 2023 and 2024. Private investors went all-in. Demand…
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MediaFaro Analysis

The digital boom makes Marseille a global data hub – but at what cost?

Marseille has emerged as the world’s sixth-largest internet hub, surpassing even Hong Kong and becoming a global crossroads for internet traffic.

Data centres continue to proliferate across the city, but the expansion is not without controversy as locals raise concerns about the environmental impact.

mediafaro.org/article/20250420

RFi · The digital boom makes Marseille a global data hub – but at what cost?By RFi
#Marseille#Internet#Datacentres
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“He (#PeterDutton) cites #DataCentres in the US where those #tech companies are having conversations with nuclear power providers:

The beauty of an #investment like #nuclear into the #Hunter region for example is you can attract the data centres which is exactly what is happening in the US. #Apple and #Oracle and #Microsoft, or these #companies are willing to spend tens of billions of dollars but they are only having conversations with #NuclearPower providers.”

#Straya gov cant #science or #compute, the LNP are garbage at business. Nuclear generation is #toxic. #Multinationals avoid tax.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Iberal / #Nationals / #Business / #AI / #ArtificialIntelligence <theguardian.com/australia-news>

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CelloMom On Cars

“Global electricity demand from #DataCentres is set to more than double over the next five years. The effects will be particularly strong in some countries. For example, in the United States, data centres are on course to account for almost half of the growth in electricity demand; in Japan, more than half; and in Malaysia, as much as one-fifth.”

iea.org/news/ai-is-set-to-driv
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IEAAI is set to drive surging electricity demand from data centres while offering the potential to transform how the energy sector works - News - IEAAI is set to drive surging electricity demand from data centres while offering the potential to transform how the energy sector works - News from the International Energy Agency
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David Cantrell 🏏

#DataCentres ... in ... SPAAAAAACE!!!!! is the most ridiculous news story so far this year. Even more ridiculous then #Trumponomics or #MichaelFabricant's glorious hair. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjewvp If you need so much computering that you can't just use a small modern computer then you're going to need cooling for that. Cooling takes about 45% of the power budget for a DC on Earth, and is MUCH HARDER in a vacuum where you can't use the atmosphere or a river as a heat sink.

BBC NewsThe plans to put data centres into orbit and on the moonProponents say space-based data centres will be more secure, but sceptics say big hurdles remain.
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