On 1,200 acres of cornfield in Indiana, Amazon is building one of the largest computers ever
"A year ago, a 1,200-acre stretch of farmland outside New Carlisle, Ind., was an empty cornfield. Now, seven Amazon data centers rise up from the rich soil, each larger than a football stadium.
Over the next several years, Amazon plans to build around 30 data centers at the site, packed with hundreds of thousands of specialized computer chips."
*The Detrimental Effects of Data Centers' Rising #WaterConsumption*
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...The devastating effects that occur, when #Multinationals such as #Nestlé or #Danone monopolize the #FreshWater supply, can be seen in many locations. 6)
In my view, #DataCenter operators need to be obliged not only to purchase #CarbonOffsetCredits.
A similar program needs to be developed for the #Conservation of the world's dwindling #FreshWater resources,
As a starting...
Holly Ridge is a rural community in Louisiana, home to rice and grain mills, an elementary school, a few houses and — soon — Meta's 4 million square foot AI data center. The facility will host thousands of servers that require billions of watts, and it will be partially funded by Louisiana residents, thanks to a deal with Entergy, the region's energy monopoly. @404mediaco has more details.
Building this thing in a community that doesn't want it for something we don't want.
Capitalism will kill us all if we don't stop it!
'A Black Hole of Energy Use': Meta's Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community
#NVIDIA #TensorCore Evolution: From Volta To Blackwell Amdahls Law, Strong Scaling, Asynchronous Execution, Blackwell, Hopper, Ampere, Turing, Volta, TMA
They introduce core features of major #datacenter #GPU, first explaining important first principles of performance engineering. Then trace evolution of Nvidia’s Tensor Core architectures and programming model, highlighting motivations behind evolution. End goal is to provide a resource for understanding Nvidia’s GPU arch
https://semianalysis.com/2025/06/23/nvidia-tensor-core-evolution-from-volta-to-blackwell/
#UK company allegedly paid $4m in #bribes to secure #Microsoft #datacenter construction contract
Three people were arrested by the UK Serious #Fraud Office (SFO) after #Blu3, a construction management company, was suspected of bribing former members of the #MaceGroup during construction of a Microsoft data center in the #Netherlands.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/uk-company-allegedly-paid-usd4m-in-bribes-to-secure-microsoft-data-center-construction-contract
This absolute gem of a talk deserves millions of views and likes!
AI, Solarpunk, and an Uncertain Future in Computing
https://youtu.be/pdYT1vUrj34
Recorded Fri 12 Jul 2024
Uploaded Fri 22 Nov 2024
by rolltime @rolltime
Slides, references & links:
https://rollti.me/hope2024
NAACP is fighting for environmental justice as the federal government shows they don't give a shit anymore.
xAI faces legal threat over alleged Colossus data center pollution in Memphis