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Microsoft’s plan to counter community resistance to AI data centers
Microsoft aims to address community concerns over AI data centers by committing to transparency, job creation, and infrastructure support. After losing over $64 billion in projects due to local objections, […]
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Report: Data Centers’ Climate Impacts in the Northwest
A Sightline Institute report finds that data centers consume 11 percent of Oregon's electricity and 6 percent of Washington's, yet the region's policy safeguards have so far prevented significant climate […]
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Data Center Working Group Preliminary Report. Washington State Pacific Northwest Data.
This preliminary report from Washington Governor Ferguson's Data Center Workgroup examines the impacts of data center growth in the Pacific Northwest across energy, environment, water, tax, and economic dimensions. It […]
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Big Data Centers, Big Problems: the surging environmental and consumer costs of AI, crypto and big data
This report from Environment America and U.S. PIRG examines how data centers powering AI, cryptocurrency, and big data are driving a surge in electricity demand that is delaying America's transition […]
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WA Governor Orders a Study of Data Centers’ Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue – ProPublica
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson has signed an executive order to form a workgroup that will evaluate the impact of data centers on energy use, job creation, and state tax revenue. […]
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms