Willie Nelson has become an unlikely barometer of America's biggest infrastructure fights. He once protested the Keystone XL pipeline and fracking. Today, he's fighting data centers. Why it matters: The American icon's latest cause underscores how the politics surrounding AI infrastructure are beginning to resemble the last decade's fights over fossil fuels. "The last thing we need is a loud, water thieving, light polluting, data center anywhere near our town (or any others for that matter)," Nelson told his more than one million Instagram followers recently. Flashback: "For 29 years, corporations have continued to take the land away from the small family farmers, and this is what we're here to fight against," Nelson said during a…
Image: The Impending Collapse of California’s Transportation Fuel Infrastructure Related: US & Global Reliance On Fossil Fuel Unchanged In 25 Years The life spans of wind turbines and solar panels are a tiny fraction of [...]
Finnerty uncovers the dark reality of living near AI data centers, leading to health concerns and residents without water and more with Real Estate attorney James Clifton and USAF Environmental Specialist Kristen Meghan on "Finnerty."
Robby Soave gives his radar responding to the backlash surrounding data centers for their usage of electricity and water. #DataCenters #AI #RobbySoave About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social media: Website: Hill.TV Facebook: facebook.com/HillTVLive/…
A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested.
SHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS: https://corbettreport.com/starving-the-data-centre-beast/ The gaping maw of the AI data centre beast is threatening to devour all energy and water on the planet. Awakened to this threat, people are organizing. This is the story of the fight against the data centres. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SHOW NOTES WITH LINKS TO ALL OF THE ARTICLES, VIDEOS AND WEBSITES MENTIONED? HOW ABOUT COMMENTS? THEY’RE AT THE CORBETT REPORT WEBSITE! JUST FOLLOW THE “SHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS” LINK ABOVE TO GO THERE DIRECTLY.
AI:A report exploring the growing environmental concerns regarding AI data centers and their increasing consumption of global energy and water resources, highlighting emerging grassroots movements organized to combat this threat.Open
