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The plan to build massive data center in Imperial County — without environmental review

As demand for computing power soars nationwide, a Southern California entrepreneur with past legal troubles is trying to ...

Why the concrete in data centers is a hidden source of carbon emissions

Data centers siphon huge amounts of energy to power artificial intelligence. But their environmental footprint starts to balloon even before the first server switches on due to the immense amount of ...
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Monterey Park neighbors push back on proposed data center, citing environmental and health concerns

Neighbors in Monterey Park protested on Wednesday over a proposed data center, saying they're worried about the air quality ...
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These Massive CA Data Centers Are Sitting Empty – And It Could Stay That Way For Years

The NVIDIA headquarters is a gleaming, polygonal atrium at the heart of Santa Clara, California. Its campus stretches across the San Tomas Expressway, its physical footprint dwarfed only by its ...
Los Angeles Times

Data centers for AI could nearly triple San José’s energy use. Who foots the bill?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The county seat of Santa Clara is touting its partnership with Pacific Gas & Electric, claiming the city is “the ...

Meta Campaigns to Change Opinions on Data Centers

The tech giant has spent more than $6 million on TV ads in state capitals and Washington, with the message that data centers create jobs.
CNBC

From data center spas to servers in space: How the energy crunch is reshaping cloud computing

As more AI workloads are scaled into energy-intensive data centers, the pressure on power supply chains will intensify. Lenovo's Simone Larsson told CNBC there's going to be a "tipping point" ...