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Democracy and Data Centers
Read more: Democracy and Data CentersThis week the backlash against data centers, especially hyperscalers to power frontier AI models, intensified. Things are so bad that the right-leaning Wall Street Journal and left-leaning New York Times both are devoting front page coverage to the issue. And the backlash against data is bipartisan. People on both the right and the left are…
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New York first state to ban new data centers for 1 year. More states likely to follow.
Read more: New York first state to ban new data centers for 1 year. More states likely to follow.Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law New York’s 1-year ban on the building of new large data centers often behind the training and powering of AI models. New York is the first state to do so. But others likely to follow. Public backlash against data centers have become a hot button issue. But the New…
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Wall St. Journal article on areas in US with data centers
Read more: Wall St. Journal article on areas in US with data centersFascinating article in today’s Wall Street Journal about the growth of data centers in small-town America, such as those constructed by Amazon. “Goldman Sachs estimated roughly 72% of all server-farm capacity sat in just 1% of counties as of July.”