Previously unnamed company behind proposed Indy data center named in new documents It's Google! Coming to steal your water and electricity. Coming to destroy your community. And there's nothing you can do about it. Google does all these secret deals with politicians. You're not allowed to know about the tax breaks. You're not allowed to know how much public water Google is using. It's all top secret. Google: Be evil!
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Previously unnamed company behind proposed Indy data center named in new documents
The name of the tech company behind a proposal to build a massive data center in Franklin Township has been hidden from the public. But new documen...
Data center water consumption is out of control, but cloud providers want EU lawmakers to go easy on them Big Tech doesn't want the public to know how much water it uses. It wants politicians to secretly give it an unlimited supply, regardless of the impacts on society. How can this be right? During an intensifying global water shortage. During intensifying global heat domes. Shame on Big Tech. Environmental gangsters.
IT Pro
Data center water consumption is out of control, but cloud providers want EU lawmakers to go easy on them
CISPE has asked regulators to avoid singling out specific industries on water use concerns
It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out Trump would turn on Musk
"Because they are based on centralization and abstraction, our current sociopolitical structures are susceptible to being replaced by AI. This is not only exemplified by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which was initiated by the second Trump administration; there are many less heavily publicized equivalents all over the world, including in Europe. Recognizing that our societies are on the verge of a techno-fascist takeover."
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Resisting the Techno-Fascist Takeover: Are We Ready for Decomputing? · BG · berlinergazette.de · EN|DE
Because they are based on centralization and abstraction, our current sociopolitical structures are susceptible to being replaced by AI. This is no...
How did solar power become so cheap? By the 2020s, China was dominating the global solar market. How did they manage that? Solar needs cheap coal because making silicon requires volcano-like heat. In the 2020s, China was building about two new coal plants a week—six times more than the rest of the world combined. Solar needs cheap charcoal. Every year, China extracts 14,000 football fields’ worth of tropical forest wood from Myanmar to help smelt its silicon.
Gerry McGovern
Solar is cheap for a reason
According to AI: Being hit by a bus might sound like a catastrophe, but it can be a transformative wake-up call that sparks profound health benefits. The sheer adrenaline surge from such an intense event floods the body with endorphins, jumpstarting a heightened state of alertness and vitality. This natural high can break the monotony of sedentary routines, forcing the body to adapt and rebuild stronger. The physical impact can act like an extreme stress test.
Generative AI’s crippling and widespread failure to induce robust models of the world
LLM failures to reason, as documented in Apple’s Illusion of Thinking paper, are really only part of a much deeper problem
"A BBC spokesperson said some of the comments were "deeply offensive", adding it had issued a warning on screen about "very strong and discriminatory language". The set will not be available to rewatch on BBC iPlayer." The imperialists and genocide supporters and enablers are deeply offended by being called out for who they are. The British Empire and the BBC have always had good manners as they politely tortured and genocided their way around the world. Free Palestine!
Starmer criticises 'appalling' Bob Vylan IDF chants
The prime minister describes the punk duo's Glastonbury chants calling for death to Israel's military as "hate speech".
An electrical infrastructure crisis is coming "Soaring demand for electrical materials and equipment, such as transformers and switchgear, is pressuring the sector, which has already become notorious for the long lead times on project execution. The challenges are likely to stay – and even escalate – as investments in manufacturing, clean energy, and data centers are boosting demand for key electrical equipment components."
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Data Centers Surge, but U.S. Grid Chokes on Hardware Bottlenecks | OilPrice.com
Soaring demand for electrical materials and equipment, such as transformers and switchgear, is pressuring the sector, which has already become noto...
"Desalination typically produces 1.5 litres of waste, highly salty brine, for every one litre of drinking water. That waste is simply chucked back out to sea, increasing its salinity and killing off sea life. Parts of the Persian Gulf, surrounded by the worlds largest desalination plants, including in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, are now 25 per cent saltier than average seawater. The only life found near the plants are giant jellyfish that clog up the intake pipes."
Economic growth and the search for abundance
Creating a world of plenty demands more radical ideas
A new study shows that AI use can cause “cognitive debt,” reducing memory, focus, and long-term learning. AI flattens thinking for novices but boosts insight for those with deep domain expertise. Real wisdom needs pause—use AI to speed action, not to replace thought or wonder.
Psychology Today
The Silent Cost of Instant Answers
What if the biggest risk of AI isn’t what it gets wrong but what it makes us forget to question?