AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
“we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.
They Welcomed 37 Data Centers to Town. Now Their Schools Have to Dim the Lights to Cut Energy Costs
Henrico’s problem is now the problem facing communities across the country: Data centers can make local budgets richer while making the regional power system more expensive to run. The next…
She won a religious exemption from using AI at work. The Pope’s remarks could fuel similar appeals.
Opposed to using AI for her software-engineering job, Erin Maus secured something of a miracle from her employer: a religious exemption. Maus, a Unitarian Universalist, said she proposed the special…
AOC Gets EPA Official To Commit to Investigating Data Center Impacts on Water
We took AOC to meet residents of a Trump-voting county in Georgia whose well water was polluted by Meta’s massive data center. Now she just got the EPA to investigate…
AOC Gets EPA Official To Commit to Investigating Data Center Impacts on Water
AOC meets residents of a Trump-voting county in Georgia whose well water was polluted by Meta’s massive data center. Now she just got the EPA to investigate the water quality…
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A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure
The neighbors of a data center in Georgia are steaming after they discovered the facility had sucked up nearly 30 million gallons of water — without initially paying for it.…
Journalists, Audiobook Narrators Sue AI Giants Under Illinois Biometric Privacy Law for ‘Stealing Their Voices’
In yet another display of how Illinois’ pioneering biometric privacy law can be used to protect Americans, state residents who work as audio storytellers, broadcast journalists, podcasters, voice actors, and…
Residents SOUND OFF against Kevin O’Leary’s 40,000 acre Utah data center
Kevin O’Leary’s proposed data center is estimated to eventually consume 9 GW of power a year. That's more power than the entire state of Utah. At 40,000 acres, it would…