The staggering rise of AI has become a political flashpoint, especially when it comes to concerns about the impacts of the data centers needed to train and operate it.

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The Colossus data center in Memphis puts out as much CO2 as all of the registered vehicles in Austin, Texas. 1 Data center (59 gas turbines) = a medium sized American city of pollution.

Makes me reflect on what a naive and hopeful child I was at the book fairs thumbing through those Scholastic books on global warming. Thought we had plenty of time to get it together.

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