Hello from Memphis -- home of the data center owned and operated by none other than one of the most amoral and evil beings ever - Elon Musk.
Part of the deal with him was that he would build a "graywater" processing plant to protect the drinking water supply.
Construction is on an "indefinite hold" pending the completion of two additional operating sites. Onsite project manager has changed -- a diversionary and delay tactic in my mind to start conversations/relationships all over at ground zero.
my money is on that the water facility will never come to fruition.
I'm sorry to hear about your home being targeted by Musk. Unfortunately, the delays and cover-ups seem to be very common tactics. I hope Memphis is able to bring him to heel eventually to protect the water quality.
it's very sad -- and of course his sites are in neighborhoods that have seen the effects of environmental pollution and corporate irresponsibility and mismanagement before.
This is clear and terrifying information. Thank you for the work you do to inform the complacent among us. Add in the rise in temperature surrounding these centers and the fact that the "AI" industry is driving the US economy and we have a truly abhorrent soup!
I'm glad the article is finding open eyes and ears! And the industry driving the US economy is something I didn't touch on in the article, but you're right that it makes all of this even more troubling. I feel like everyone is just waiting for this bubble to burst eventually.
I don't think the answer is to get rid of these parasitic constructs, because I don't think you can. I mean, we still have coal. The answer is to find solutions that make them sustainable. The data center and chip industry have established solutions to their water use problems. It will take regulations to force them to employ those solutions and cost will rise, but at least that problem has a solution. I don't see the energy industry even trying to solve their fracking/water use problem that is an order of magnitude larger. I'm optimistic the energy problems can be addressed. Maybe not totally solved but "behind the meter" solutions will likely be leveraged where data centers deploy their own power. If only we could make them use alternative fuels.
I think it's possible, although it will take a monumental effort. Making data centers sustainable is a good goal, but it'll be far easier to achieve once data centers aren't focused on AI, since that's the main reason all of the issues are exacerbated. Without the focus on that, the problems and the sustainable solutions come within reach.
I began using computers seriously back in the 90s. Back then, the idea that computers might someday “take over” was standup material— a joke. These were machines that routinely collapsed while trying to open TrueType fonts. Nobody imagined ever handing them serious authority... until now.
Hello from Memphis -- home of the data center owned and operated by none other than one of the most amoral and evil beings ever - Elon Musk.
Part of the deal with him was that he would build a "graywater" processing plant to protect the drinking water supply.
Construction is on an "indefinite hold" pending the completion of two additional operating sites. Onsite project manager has changed -- a diversionary and delay tactic in my mind to start conversations/relationships all over at ground zero.
my money is on that the water facility will never come to fruition.
I'm sorry to hear about your home being targeted by Musk. Unfortunately, the delays and cover-ups seem to be very common tactics. I hope Memphis is able to bring him to heel eventually to protect the water quality.
it's very sad -- and of course his sites are in neighborhoods that have seen the effects of environmental pollution and corporate irresponsibility and mismanagement before.
This is clear and terrifying information. Thank you for the work you do to inform the complacent among us. Add in the rise in temperature surrounding these centers and the fact that the "AI" industry is driving the US economy and we have a truly abhorrent soup!
I'm glad the article is finding open eyes and ears! And the industry driving the US economy is something I didn't touch on in the article, but you're right that it makes all of this even more troubling. I feel like everyone is just waiting for this bubble to burst eventually.
I don't think the answer is to get rid of these parasitic constructs, because I don't think you can. I mean, we still have coal. The answer is to find solutions that make them sustainable. The data center and chip industry have established solutions to their water use problems. It will take regulations to force them to employ those solutions and cost will rise, but at least that problem has a solution. I don't see the energy industry even trying to solve their fracking/water use problem that is an order of magnitude larger. I'm optimistic the energy problems can be addressed. Maybe not totally solved but "behind the meter" solutions will likely be leveraged where data centers deploy their own power. If only we could make them use alternative fuels.
I think it's possible, although it will take a monumental effort. Making data centers sustainable is a good goal, but it'll be far easier to achieve once data centers aren't focused on AI, since that's the main reason all of the issues are exacerbated. Without the focus on that, the problems and the sustainable solutions come within reach.
I began using computers seriously back in the 90s. Back then, the idea that computers might someday “take over” was standup material— a joke. These were machines that routinely collapsed while trying to open TrueType fonts. Nobody imagined ever handing them serious authority... until now.
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