A proposal to build an artificial intelligence data center between Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., is facing opposition from critics who say they fear that the sprawling center’s droning supercomputers will disturb Indigenous communities and animal life, strain the power grid and raise utility rates.
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In Rural New York, Some See Proposed A.I. Center as a Needless Intrusion
The data center, to be built between Buffalo and Rochester, will raise electric bills and harm a nearby Indigenous reservation, opponents argue. “I can’t think of one good reason for it,” a resident said.
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