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The US Is Fighting for Control of AI. It Would Be Better Off Building Standards.
Despite shaping internet governance for decades through ICANN and core protocols, the US holds no equivalent structural lever over AI. The Pentagon's standoff with Anthropic over model access echoes the […]
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Experts say utilities’ projected data center growth is speculative
Despite utilities in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina requesting roughly 10 GW of new generation capacity, independent modeling puts the most likely data center electricity need at 3.5 […]
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Ticking Time Bomb: AI, Data Centers, and the Looming E-Waste Crisis
Between 20 million and 70 million hard disk drives reach end of life each year in the U.S. — most shredded and landfilled. AI-driven hardware refresh cycles compress equipment lifespans […]
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Megawatts Over People: The Real Cost of Artificial Intelligence and Why It Is Not Inevitable – NCEJN
Dr. Rania Masri, NCEJN co-director, details how data centers and AI infrastructure burden North Carolina communities through rising electricity costs, water depletion during active drought, PFAS contamination from cooling systems, […]
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms