Impacts environnementaux des Datacenters et de l'IA générative: menons l'enquête ! 
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What #solar? What #wind? #Texas #datacenters build their own #gas #powerplants
On the old ranch across the street, developers want to build an complex of supercomputers for AI, plus a large, private power plant to run it.
The plant would be big enough to power a major city, with 1,200MW of planned generation capacity fueled by West Texas shale gas. It will only supply the new #datacenter, and possibly other large data centers recently proposed, down the road.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/what-solar-what-wind-texas-data-centers-build-their-own-gas-power-plants/
Every month I put together a roundup of tech stories you might have missed from the past month for paid Disconnect subscribers.
This month has pieces on the mental effects of chatbots, data center energy use, China’s electricity revolution, and more!
Are the people asking for this bullshit?!
Amazon Planning $10B Investment in North Carolina for Data Center and AI Campus
The noise of #BitcoinMining is driving #Americans crazy
Constant hum of fans that cool #DataCenter computers is turning residents against #Trump's pro-#cryptocurrency agenda
Scientists are increasingly linking 'prolonged exposure to #NoisePollution with cardiovascular damage'
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK
published 5 days ago
"The relentless '#MechanicalHowl' of a #cryptocurrency mining facility has become 'the soundtrack to life for hundreds of residents' in #GranburyTX, a small rural town in #Texas, said The Guardian.
" ;It echoes across agricultural land and forests, chasing away deer. It seeps into walls, vibrating bedrooms and dinner tables.' One resident said it was as though a 'jet engine is forever stationed nearby'.
"Bitcoin mining has exploded in the US over the past decade, particularly in the wake of Donald Trump's re-election to the White House and his embrace of cryptocurrency. But it's an energy-intensive process: the powerful computers that create and protect the cryptocurrency need fans on the go constantly to cool them down. And across #rural, mostly #Republican towns, residents are getting sick of the noise – and getting sick, full stop."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/fnuCT
#AIColonialism #NoNukesForAI #AISucks #WaterIsLife #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution
#DataCenters #USPol #NoisePollution
#Kentucky is welcoming a #DataCenter boom. But what are the #environmental costs?
by Connor Giffin
April 29, 2025
"Some of the biggest companies in the world are eyeing Kentucky and neighboring states for data center development, as surging interest in artificial intelligence pushes the industry to scour the country for energy, land and water.
"The projects carry a promise of historic investment. Experts say they could also deepen some of Kentucky’s foremost environmental challenges.
"Sprawling data centers have been announced in Jefferson County, across the river in Southern #Indiana, and most recently in Oldham County — where opponents fear a $6 billion proposed project could upend rural character, quality of life and water resources.
"Data centers are critical infrastructure for internet and cloud services, underpinning everything from emails to online shopping. Due to their vast scale of computational power, cooling systems and other operations, large data centers have an insatiable demand for energy.
"The major projects coming to the Louisville area will demand hundreds of megawatts — enough to power hundreds of thousands of homes. Data centers are expected to make up 7-12% of all U.S. electricity consumption by 2028, up from 2% about a decade ago.
"In Kentucky, a small portion of power generation comes from renewable sources, like solar power. Most comes from coal, widely considered the most polluting form of energy, or gas, which also brings emissions with planet-warming consequences.
"With a looming spike in power demand and pressure to meet that demand, advocates fear utilities could turn to highly polluting fuels. But some hope the demand could also push utilities to diversify with more renewables, as data center operators call for as much power as possible, as soon as possible.
"The industry has tried to assuage fears of environmental harm. Some data center operators have indicated plans to use renewable energy or take steps in development to protect waterways and preserve green space.
"State and local officials are welcoming data centers with open arms. The Kentucky General Assembly this year expanded sales and use tax exemptions for 'qualified data center projects' in a bill lobbied by #Google and #Meta."
#AIColonialism #NoNukesForAI #AISucks #WaterIsLife #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution
#DataCenters
AI data centers are making your electricity supply worse and could damage your home, new study says
Katie Balevic, Lloyd Lee
December 29, 2024
"A Bloomberg analysis assessed readings from some 770,000 homes from February to October and found that over 75% of 'highly distorted power readings across the country are within 50 miles of significant #DataCenter activity.'
"Stresses on the power grid can lead to inconsistent power quality, and as the power quality decreases, the risk increases, Bloomberg reported. Inconsistent energy flow can cause #electronics to overheat, leading to sparks or even #HouseFires.
"A small handful of large tech companies own the vast majority of global data centers — and they show no signs of slowing down as they pour billions into building more powerful AI models.
"#Amazon, #Google, and #Microsoft own about 65% of the cloud infrastructure market, which includes data centers, according to a 2023 report from market research firm Synergy Research Group.
"Google announced in April that it's investing $3 billion to build and expand data centers in #Virginia and #Indiana. The search engine giant unveiled its latest AI model, #Gemini 2.0, in December.
"#Amazon, which is a large investor in AI startup #Anthropic, is investing another $10 billion in Ohio data centers, Gov. Mike DeWine announced on December 16.
"Microsoft, which has invested $13 billion in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, said in September that the company has partnered with other investors, including #BlackRock, in a $100 billion energy infrastructure project. The project will include 'new and expanded data centers,' the company said.
"To meet AI's increasing energy demands, companies like Google have also started turning to #NuclearPower to find more reliable and sustainable energy sources."
https://www.aol.com/news/ai-data-centers-making-electricity-195931626.html?guccounter=1
#AIColonialism #NoNukesForAI #AISucks #WaterIsLife #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution
#DataCenters
FIRE AT HILLSBORO DATA CENTER
5/26/2025
"On Thursday, May 23rd, a thick cloud of putrid black smoke rose over #HillsboroOR. The smoke was from an early morning fire at one of the massive #DataCenters based in the city. According to local media, the fire originated from #batteries inside the Digital Realty (PDX 11) #DataCenter. Unfortunately, the flames did not spread to the rest of the data center and the damage was minimal. Firefighters let the fire burn itself out for five hours. The fire caused major disruptions on the web, including big outages to X/Twitter, which was reportedly one of the companies leasing space at the data center. There is currently no public information about the cause of the fire."
https://rosecitycounterinfo.noblogs.org/2025/05/fire-at-hillsboro-data-center/
#OregonDataCenters #SiliconForest #AISucks #NoNukesForAI
#WaterIsLife #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution
#DataCenters
From the latest Linux Update newsletter: Marcin Gąstół looks at the Unbound DNS resolver, which offers comprehensive security and many other useful features
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2025/293/Unbound-DNS-Resolver?utm_source=mlm
#DNS #security #resolver #DNSSEC #Unbound #Linux #DataCenter #cloud
Impulso a la instalación de Data Centers en Brasil, consumo de agua y energía
Para que se vuelva árido sólo falta un empujoncito!
TikTok construirá un mega data center en una ciudad con un historial de sequías en Ceará
«Caucaia (la ciudad donde se instalará el Centro de Datos de TikTok), sin embargo, también es una ciudad que sufre repetidamente eventos climáticos extremos, como sequías, períodos secos y lluvias, según datos del Atlas Digital de Desastres de Brasil y del Sistema Integrado de Información sobre Desastres. En 16 de los últimos 21 años, entre 2003 y 2024, la ciudad entró, al menos, en estado de emergencia debido a la sequía.
En 2019, por ejemplo, casi 10 mil personas se vieron afectadas por la falta de agua. Al agotarse los embalses, el agua dejó de ser apta para el consumo, lo que ocasionó pérdidas de cosechas y dificultades para acceder a alimentos básicos para la población.
The Intercept Brasil descubrió que al menos otros tres centros de datos gigantes que están en proceso de autorización por parte del gobierno están ubicados en ciudades que sufren sistemáticamente la falta de agua y suministro. Es el caso, por ejemplo, de Igaporã, en Bahía, y de Campo Redondo, en Rio Grande do Norte. »
Traducción automática al español de la nota en The Intercept
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El auge de los centros de datos con inteligencia artificial está drenando agua de las zonas propensas a la sequía: ¿un punto de inflexión para la sostenibilidad?
Publicado 9 de mayo de 2025 Los centros de datos de IA se están expandiendo rápidamente en regiones con estrés hídrico, lo que genera preocupación por su uso masivo de agua y su impacto en las comunidades locales. Aminu Abdullahi/TechRepublicGigantes tecnológicos como Amazon, Microsoft y Google están alimentando las preocupaciones sobre el consumo de agua a medida que construyen centros de datos de IA en regiones propensas a la sequía, según revelan nuevas investigaciones.
Un análisis de Bloomberg reveló que más de dos tercios de los nuevos centros de datos construidos desde 2022 se ubican en regiones con escasez de agua, lugares donde la gente ya tiene dificultades para acceder a agua potable. No se trata de lugares aislados: en los últimos tres años se han construido aproximadamente 160 nuevos centros de datos centrados en IA en EE. UU., lo que representa un aumento del 70 % con respecto al trienio anterior.
“El problema solo se ha profundizado en los años transcurridos desde que ChatGPT inició un frenesí de inteligencia artificial”, informó Bloomberg.
Very detailed coverage of xAI's (and by extension Musk's) actions poisoning the air in Memphis.
Even if Tesla *was* about the Environment, these actions make it abundantly clear that was never Musk's goal. He will burn literally everything in his effort to "win."
Cecilia Rikap em reuniao sobre soberania digital com representantes de governos latinoamericanos: https://ladiaria.com.uy/politica/articulo/2025/5/uruguay-y-america-latina-deben-apostar-por-la-soberania-digital-que-prescinda-de-amazon-microsoft-y-google-afirma-experta/
Disillusioned & distanced from #Trump, #Musk says he’s exiting Washington & made clear he is frustrated w/obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the #FederalGovernment
Musk dissed Trump’s signature domestic policy, saying it would add to the #deficit. He complained about a lucrative deal that went to a rival co to build an #AI #DataCenter in the #MiddleEast. And he has yet to make good on a $100M pledge to Trump’s political operation.
#BooMutherFuckinHoo #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-doge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=94709C91-3556-4635-8095-65DC81177EF3
@MissConstrue Nice #DataCenter you have there. Shame if anything happened to it.
An #Nvidia spox said the company was evaluating its "limited" options. "Until we settle on a new product design & receive approval from the #US govt, we are effectively foreclosed from #China's $50 billion #DataCenter market."
China remains a huge #market for Nvidia, accounting for 13% of its sales in the past financial year. It's the 3rd time Nvidia has had to tailor a #GPU for the world's 2nd-largest #economy after restrictions from the US who is keen to stymie Chinese #tech development.
can you hear 5000 fans screaming and feeps of failed power supplies in alarm?
you are here.
welcome to the datacenter.
We’re going to need a bigger UPS! refreshing the batteries on the UPS so we can run bigger machines.
Your help is appreciated at https://icm.museum/join.html
WTF ZUCK >>> BEHEMOTH AI BOMBS: Meta’s $20B AI Sinkhole
#MarkZuckerberg’s AI ambitions just hit a brick wall, and the crash is louder than a #DataCenter meltdown.
#Meta’s flagship #AI model, #Behemoth, a 2-trillion-parameter beast hyped to crush #OpenAI and #Google, has been delayed again—from April to June, now to fall 2025 or later.
Why? It’s underperforming, bleeding $10–$20 billion, and leaving investors fuming as Meta’s stock tanked 2.5%....
https://www.europesays.com/2077568/ BP’s chief U.S. economist worries China is winning the global energy war. Here’s why #BigOil #China #Conflicts #CrudeOil #DataCenter #ElectricVehicles #gasoline #NaturalGas #opec #SaudiArabia #war
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