"Join moderator Dr. Meredith D. Clark alongside panelists KeShaun Pearson and KD Minor as they discuss their organizing efforts in Tennessee, Louisiana, and other southern states.
KD and KeShaun will discuss their work advocating on behalf of local communities against the environmental pollution, utility disruptions, and other health risks caused by the building and maintenance of infrastructure powering AI innovation."
https://www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/data-center-pollution-south/
So ... does this cover all the bases?
- they'll run out of memory and hit a capacity ceiling
- they're short-circuiting the supply chains as we speak
- they'll exhaust all the power and water (not renewable) they can consume
- they'll take over more farm land, AKA real estate
- they still haven't made a profit while sinking more into debt
"Bandwidth is only part of the problem. As large language models expand, capacity becomes a challenge too, even with top-of-the-line HBM chips."
From yesterday.
Scientific American: The AI boom has a memory problem https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/high-bandwidth-memory-is-a-bottleneck-for-ai-chips/ @SciAm #LLM #datacenters
#RawStory 4:49pm ET May 29, 2026
'Something happening' in #Texas as furious #GOP voter says she will 'turncoat' against party
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According to a report from #MS_NOW’s #JoshEiniger, there is a massive groundswell of anger aimed at #AI #DataCenters and voters are blaming the #RepublicanParty for turning a blind eye to their concerns.
As one #Republican voter put it, she didn’t care if the #Senate flipped to the #Democrats because she feels betrayed.
Texas Republicans have to deal with more than just being stuck with scandal-plagued Attorney General Ken Paxton as they hope to hang onto a US Senate seat sought by Democratic rising star James Talarico.According to a report from MS NOW’s Josh Einiger, there is a massive groundswell of anger aimed a...
One of three data centres that are planned across the central belt of Scotland. It is part of the plan to build ‘green data’ centres by culling Scotland’s wind energy. This site alone is projected to use half of Scotland’s domestic electricity (20% of current total energy use) and an undisclosed amount of water from the already fragile mains water supply in Fife. Not only that; it is to be built ‘around’ Auchtertool Linn Wildlife Site with no guarantees for future animal or community access - 6 of the buildings are projected to be 35m high. Planning is open to comment from residents for four weeks. We need to stop this as a nation. Debate on energy security is also scheduled for Holyrood.
#AI #EnergyCrisis #DataCentres #DataCenters #Fife #Scotland
https://aprs.scot/press-release/600mw-data-centre-in-fife-submits-planning-permission/
Moody’s flags $662 billion risk at the heart of the data center build-out by just 5 companies
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Data #DataCentres #DataCenters
24 likes, 0 comments - voteinorout on May 29, 2026: "Texas and Virginia are leading the U.S. in data center construction, with 151 and 140 centers respectively. Combined, they surpass all other states. Ohio and Georgia follow with 58 and 57 centers. This shift highlights the growing tech infrastructure in these regions. #DataCenters Mississippi is expanding rapidly with 22 new centers, more than tripling its current footprint. Meanwhile, California, despite its tech reputation, only has 6 under construction. The South and Midwest are capitalizing on available land, power, and tax incentives, reshaping their economic landscapes and impacting local power grids, water resources, and job markets. Comment LINK (on instagram) and we will DM you the link to @timothybramlett https://www.instagram.com/p/DYgJA9pJfgs/ -- Data centers under construction in America right now. Texas and Virginia aren’t just leading. They’re lapping the entire rest of the country. Texas alone has 151 data centers currently under construction. Virginia has 140. Combined, that’s more than every other state in the country put together. Ohio is the surprise #3 with 58. Georgia is right behind at 57. A few things jump out from this data: Mississippi has 22 under construction with only 10 currently operating. They’re more than tripling their footprint. California, despite being the tech capital of the world, only has 6 under construction. They’ve tapped out. The new construction is happening in cheaper, friendlier states with available power. Nevada is quietly building 29 new data centers, almost matching its current count. The South and Midwest are absorbing this entire AI buildout. They have the land, the power, and the tax incentives. Coastal states are mostly sitting it out. Where this matters: power grids. Water resources. Local property values. Job markets. Tax revenue. Every single one of these states is about to look very different in 5 years. Source: Aterio, April 2026 Follow @timothybramlett for more. Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy. - Thomas Jefferson".
I've of course heard a lot about AI Data Centers lately, but I've not yet seen any good investigative journalism about them that felt like it really gave the topic enough room to be fully understood.
This video in collaboration between PBS Terra and Floodlight is a really good piece about data centers in the USA right now. I highly recommend it. Its focus is pointed at environmental- and local community-related issues.
"We Saw What AI Data Centers Don't Want You to See"
Having grown up in Northwest NJ, losing against the locals to something like this says A LOT.
Tech Billionaire Demons CAUGHT RED HANDED Propagandizing Kids!!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=u1GHicLYYag&si=mirpmWbPlC8hHfo6
#moreperfectunion #kylekulinski #TechBillionaires #ai #datacenters #aipropaganda #BillionairesShouldNotExist #epsteinparasiteclass #GuillotinesWork
"Utahns took to the streets of Salt Lake City last week to oppose the construction of a 40,000-acre data center backed by billionaire “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary in the largely undeveloped northwest corner of the state.
His fiery response was quickly echoed by the Trump administration but triggered worries in tech and conservative policy circles that Silicon Valley’s struggles to sell skeptical Americans on the benefits of the artificial intelligence boom could soon become even more difficult.
O’Leary claimed in a video posted Monday that “nefarious accounts out of the country” linked to the Chinese Communist Party were driving the backlash to his project, by flooding Utah with false claims in a foreign-backed influence campaign aimed at stopping America’s AI buildout.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum echoed those claims on Fox Business on Tuesday. “Any place that’s trying to build data centers is getting bombarded with foreign-directed propaganda to try to block these from being built,” he said. “This is just another attack on the U.S. and our ability to be competitive.”
Conservative and tech-related think tanks have recently made similar claims.
Neither Burgum nor O’Leary, who is Canadian, shared conclusive evidence backing their claims of malign foreign influence."
#USA #Disinformation #Propaganda #DataCenters #AntiAI #AIPopulism #DataCenters #AI #BigTech #SiliconValley
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