Take yourself back to 2017. Get Out and The Shape of Water were playing in theaters, Zohran Mamdani was still known as rapper Young Cardamom,…
Author: Molly Taft
Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office
The Working Families Party said Thursday that it is putting out a specific recruitment call for people who are organizing against data centers in their…
You’re Thinking About AI and Water All Wrong
Last month, journalist Karen Hao posted a Twitter thread in which she acknowledged that there was a substantial error in her blockbuster book Empire of…
A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal Energy
A geothermal startup said Thursday that it has hit gold in Nevada—metaphorically speaking. Zanskar, which uses AI to find hidden geothermal resources deep underground, says…
The Trump Administration’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals
In recent months, the Trump administration has opened a deregulatory floodgate in the name of building more data centers. Among other things, this has involved…
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
On Election Day, Peter Hubbard was one of two Democratic candidates who took a decisive—and surprising—victory in Georgia. Hubbard was elected to the Georgia Public…
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go
Tech companies have invested so much money in building data centers in recent months, it’s actively driving the US economy—and the AI race is showing…