Datacenter

• Faciliteit zou meer stroom verbruiken dan de gehele staat en enorme hoeveelheden water opslorpen in een door droogte getroffen gebied • Een plan om een van 's werelds grootste datacenters te creëren, een gigantisch project dat een gebied beslaat dat meer dan twee keer zo groot is als Manhattan, heeft geleid tot felle publieke reacties in Utah vanwege zorgen over het enorme energieverbruik en de impact op de onder druk staande watervoorraden van de staat. • De voetafdruk van het Stratos-kunstmatige intelligentie datacenter zal meer dan 40.000 acres (62 vierkante mijl) beslaan over drie locaties in Box Elder county in noordwest-Utah.

Janet Mills says moratorium would’ve been ‘appropriate’ if it didn’t interfere with ongoing datacenter project in MaineThe Democratic governor of Maine on Friday vetoed a bill that would have made it the first US state to impose a moratorium on large new datacenters, even as local opposition to the electricity-hungry facilities grows.The decision reflects the difficult trade-off facing political leaders, who must weigh the impact of datacenters on the environment and household energy bills against the millions of dollars in investment and tax revenue they can bring. Continue reading...

Lawmakers say moratorium on construction would buy time to create strong, federal guardrails for AIAmid an unprecedented energy crisis and the rapid buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure, progressive lawmakers have unveiled a new policy to place a moratorium on the construction of AI datacenters.The policy, announced by Bernie Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democratic representative, on Wednesday morning, aims to ensure the AI boom protects the environment and communities, and benefits workers instead of harming them. A temporary ban, the lawmakers say, would give the US government time to create strong federal safeguards for AI, which is “affecting everything from our economy and wellbeing to our democracy, warfare and our kids’ education”. Continue reading...