@evoterra
«…In one measurement run, his team divided the area around a data center into three zones based on distance. Zone one, closest to the facility, measured 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than zone two on average.
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Wilmeth, the chair of the House Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Innovation, sees data centers through the lens of national security. “If we prevent it, if we stifle it in the United States and in Arizona, Russia will lead. China will lead. This is an international space race for the 21st century.”…»
Imagine that. A race toward overheating the planet and we might not be the ones to win it. Oh, boo hoo. Let them win. If that means we approach extinction more slowly, well, we can live with that.
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