How are Nvidia and other companies responding to the data center fight?
Nvidia is throwing billions of dollars into funding the infrastructure. Meanwhile, Big Tech companies are working to charm local communities to ensure their projects are built.
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Which U.S. states have seen data center opposition surface in political races?
The backlash has surfaced in political races in Michigan, Wisconsin, Texas, and Ohio.
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What is the estimated water consumption of data centers?
Data centers can require 5 million gallons of water a day for cooling alone. In 2023, U.S. data centers consumed approximately 17 billion gallons of water, mostly for cooling, according to a Berkeley Lab report. Additionally, Berkeley Lab states that data centers have an indirect water footprint of about 211 billion gallons to help produce the electricity they consume.
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How do newer data centers specifically support Artificial Intelligence?
Newer data centers provide the computing power behind AI by housing servers that contain specialized chips, such as graphics processing units (GPUs), which perform the necessary calculations to train and run AI models.
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