"A year ago, a 1,200-acre stretch of farmland outside New Carlisle, Ind., was an empty cornfield. Now, seven Amazon data centers rise up from the rich soil, each larger than a football stadium—with plans to build 30. The site powers Anthropic, an A.I. system that aims to match the human brain. The facility will consume 2.2 gigawatts of electricity—enough to power a million homes—and millions of gallons of water annually."
Who will win the water: computers or living creatures?
Water doesn’t need us to save her—she needs us to remember we are her.
"A.I. operates without anti-trust laws, consumer protections, protections for children, rules to keep your medical records private, civil rights or worker protections, and without ecological protections like limiting water use or monitoring or mitigating used (polluted) water."
Who will win the water: computers or living creatures?
Water doesn’t need us to save her—she needs us to remember we are her.
 It's called innovation, progress It's what made USA great. The greatest destroyer of our environment in history. USA! USA! USA! Yes we can!
Is the rapid growth of AI in the Middle East depleting its scarcest resource—water?
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Is the rapid growth of AI in the Middle East depleting its scarcest resource—water?
Experts say proactive resource planning is more important than ever
 It doesn't make sense but then so much about AI doesn't make sense. A really big gangsta scam play, I suppose.
Dominion Energy is justifying the build out of a new fleet of power plants -- most are fossil fuel projects -- by pointing to explosive data center growth; Virginia allows nearly 110% of the costs associated with new power plants to be passed on to customers (i.e. anyone who pays an electric bill);
The Impacts of Unconstrained Data Center Growth
Whether it’s at the expense of our climate goals, health, or economic security, Virginia’s families cannot afford unchecked data center expansi...
The Global North dumps much of its e-waste in the Global South. "Many of these facilities feed e-waste into large shredding and smelting machines. The goal is to extract valuable metals like copper and gold, but the process releases highly toxic substances such as lead, mercury, and cadmium. These pollutants contaminate nearby air, water, and soil, placing surrounding communities at serious risk."
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Thailand’s E-Waste Crisis: A Hazardous Trade Endangering Lives and the Environment
Every year, millions of tons of discarded electronics—such as smartphones, laptops, and TVs—are abandoned by affluent households and offices, f...
Heat Waves Endanger Data Centers That Power AI A new analysis warns that AI facilities could be forced to stop operating because of water shortages and blackouts
Scientific American
Heat Waves Endanger Data Centers That Power AI
A new analysis warns that AI facilities could be forced to stop operating because of water shortages and blackouts
America's largest power grid is struggling to meet demand from AI "Electricity bills are projected to surge by more than 20% this summer in some parts of PJM Interconnection's territory, which covers 13 states - from Illinois to Tennessee, Virginia to New Jersey - serving 67 million customers in a region with the most data centers in the world." The upheaval at PJM started a year ago with a more than 800% jump in prices https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/americas-largest-power-grid-is-struggling-meet-demand-ai-2025-07-09/
Life next to a US data center "I can't live in my home with half of my home functioning and no water," Ms Morris says. "I can't drink the water." "I'm afraid to drink the water, but I still cook with it, and brush my teeth with it," says Morris. "Am I worried about it? Yes." Meta, however, says its data center and the poor water quality are not connect. Meta, the truth sayer.
'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centre
Residents in rural Georgia say the data centre next door has disrupted their water supply.
OpenAI May Be in Major Trouble Financially "I hypothesize a kind of subprime AI crisis is brewing." "What happens when the entire tech industry relies on the success of a kind of software that only loses money, and doesn’t create much value to begin with?"
Futurism
OpenAI May Be in Major Trouble Financially
Recent indicators in the AI industry point to a growing crisis of profitability, with OpenAI caught right in the middle.
Young Australians are refusing to use AI for fear of what it will do to the planet "Young people are thinking really deeply about how to live well in a world that's increasingly fraught with environmental crises," postdoctoral fellow at the Black Dog Institute Dr Chloe Watfern told 9news. Unfortunately, they have been forced into a position of resisting." https://www.9news.com.au/national/generative-ai-environmental-impact-concerns-eco-anxiety/6303df5a-2d18-43ca-9e82-424028a99ab9 It's time for resistance!