US campaigner warns #Scotland about #AI #data centre boom

“You guys are really vulnerable, and you’re vulnerable because you have

- #Water resources
- #Rural land
- #Renewable #energy

This industry will not only suck all of that, but then they’re going to have to rely on fossil fuel. That’s the reality.”

https://www.thenational.scot/news/26190746.us-campaigner-warns-scotland-ai-data-centre-boom/

#BigData #greed #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #PeopleNotProfits #CO2 #FossilFuels #pollution #WaterShortage

US campaigner warns Scotland about AI data centre boom

A PROMINENT campaigner in the US has warned Scotland about the country’s planned AI data centre boom ...

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