For just 600 acresA 1,200-acre AI campus announced in Texas will be the size of about 900 football fields.Reuters, you can give an AI data center the homeTap for a map of all data centers in the U.S., and others coming soon to a power grid near you.Cleanview it deserves
Won’t you open your heart and your gridData centers may use up to 12% of all U.S. electricity by 2028.Berkeley Lab today?
All data centers ask for is lovingly rezoned landMeta’s Louisiana AI data center campus is planned on a 2,250-acre plot that used to be a farm.Associated Press, access to your water supplyLarge data centers can use up to 5 million gallons of water per day. That’s the equivalent of a town of 50,000 people.Brookings, limitless powerU.S. data centers used 4.4% of national electricity in 2023, and may use up to 12% by 2028.U.S. Department of Energy / Berkeley Lab, discreet tax arrangementsOne state's recent data-center tax break was worth $928 million, revenue that could otherwise have supported schools, roads, and public services.JLARC, and a neighborhood ready to embrace the grating low-frequencyResidents near data centers have described “constant humming noises that never stop” even at night.EESI forever hum of progress.
Meet Bezzy
Your cuddly introduction to life with a real data centerReal data centers tend to be significantly larger than this toy. They rely on cooling equipment, electrical gear, backup generators, and sprawling high-security industrial campuses.World Resources Institute
Wow! Features the non-stop hummingResidents that live nearby data centers have reported humming sounds that continue throughout the night.EESI sound from a real U.S. data center
Statement
Technology promised us a better future.
In return, all it asked for is everything: our attentionA study found that 67% of Americans say they understand little or nothing about what companies do with their data.Pew Research Center, behaviors, privacyA survey found that 73% of Americans feel they have little or no control over data collected by companies.Pew Research Center, land, powerMany AI data centers are being powered by fast-tracked gas plants, which can add air pollution, noise, and health risks for people living nearby.Reuters, waterA typical data center can use 300,000 gallons of water a day which is about as much as 1,000 households.Brookings, silence, and more.
Adopt A Data Center is an initiative by Big DataBig Data is the paranoid pop brainchild of artist/producer, Alan Wilkis. His music explores the relationship between man and machine.Big Data that examines the emotional packaging of tech advancements.
It is not anti-AI, or anti-technology.
It questionsMost Americans remain cautious about AI as it becomes part of everyday life.Pew Research Center the stories we are sold, vs. the reality we experience, as one of the greatest revolutions in human history plays out.
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