Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 2028, as the state races to increase electricity production
As data centers drain America's power grids, a fierce battle is being waged for electricity. On Navajo Nation land, many are on the losing end.
Washington Post Pranshu Verma
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@craigcwhite
@craigcwhite
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It's funny how we race to provide power for machines and not people. [embedded post]
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@arjunsubgraph
Arjun
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Water and land protectors need to be at the center of AI policy. “AI governance” entails scrutinizing whose water and land are being exploited by the infrastructure that undergirds AI. — www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...
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@laurawags
Laura Wagner
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Excellent reporting about how Big Tech's insatiable desire for AI data is sapping electricity from power grids, leaving many people without basic services or dealing with the fallout from environmentally destructive power plants. — www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2... [imag…
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@parismarx.com
Paris Marx
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wait but i thought the big threat from AI was it exceeding our intelligence and destroying humanity. are you telling me it has real-world consequences today me should actually be concerned about?! [embedded post]
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Brad Johnson
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The Arizona utility board approved an 8% rate hike to bolster power infrastructure, where data centers are popping up like weeds. But it rejected a plan to bring electricity to parts of the Navajo Nation land, concluding that electric customers should not be asked to foot the ne…
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@disabilitystor1
Aparna Nair
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Read the entire article here on how AI is exacerbating existing issues re access to electricity in Arizona. This is only going to get worse, unless we stop pretending that AI has no downsides and also MUST be incorporated into every aspect of our lives. — www.washingtonpost.co…
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@ahjohnson
Adam H Johnson
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the collective rush by corporate America to implement “AI” is forcing Navajo nation residents to live in the dark.
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@thetnholler
@thetnholler
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🚨Per WASH POST — A.I. data centers like Elon's here in MEMPHIS (which looks to pull 1 MILLION homes worth of power) are spiking prices and draining power so fast many Americans can't even get electricity. — Just as local folks have warned about. — www.washingtonpost.com/techn…
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@michaelgiberso3
Michael Giberson
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The title and first part of this article dishonestly suggests data center growth is preventing some Navajo from getting electricity. Instead, as they eventually admit, the federal government is the primary culprit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@mbazilian
Morgan Bazilian
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Good to see the The @washingtonpost covering some energy issues in Indian Country today. They tie the piece to the hot topic of the day: data centers - but the issue is far wider than that. ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...) A few months ago, we put out a piece looking at som…
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r/UraniumSqueeze
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US data-center power use could nearly triple by 2028, DOE-backed report says