US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/21/us-farmers-datacenters #uspoli #tech #DataCenters #agriculture #farming #NotForSale #EnergyHogs #environment #WaterIsLife
US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’

Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with land

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Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing

Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate

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Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply

The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade

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What the datacenter boom means for America’s environment – and electricity bills

In this week’s newsletter: from Google to Amazon to OpenAI, the economic and climate cost of datacenters continues to grow

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Bringing more nuclear into the power mix is not a solution Google: Google to buy nuclear power for AI datacentres in ‘world first’ deal #artificalintelligence #Google #NuclearPower #energyhogs https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/15/google-buy-nuclear-power-ai-datacentres-kairos-power?CMP=share_btn_url
Google to buy nuclear power for AI datacentres in ‘world first’ deal

Tech company orders six or seven small nuclear reactors from California’s Kairos Power

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I want an energy star rating on mobile apps.

#Mobile #phone #appdevelopment #energyhogs

Friends, what do you call someone that finds it necessary to be right ALL the time and must have the last word, ALL the time?! #annoyingClient #EnergyHogs #Narcissist #ICant