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New aerial surveillance footage obtained by the Southern #Environmental Law Center has found that Musk's #artificialIntelligence company, xAI, is using 35 #methane #gas generators to power its "Colossus" #supercomputer facility, the backbone of its flagship #Grok. That's 20 more generators than the 15 #xAI filed permits for, and 35 more than it was approved to use. #dataCenters #ai #musk #climate #law
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-memphis-illegal-generators
I was listening to an NPR radio discussion about the problems areas are having with new massive #DataCenters designed for #AI processing. The issues come down to water for cooling and incredibly amounts of power needed. I had an idea that may have been discussed already but it seemed new to me.
#NiagaraFalls. The #US and #Canada each setup a large area near the Falls to house the data centers. Mandate that this is where all AI will be processed. There is plenty of water. Each country will create a dedicated grid for their area that has its own turbines. The companies located at these areas will pay for the power and water.
This seems like it would be a good #ClimeteSolution. Of course not using AI would be the best option but that ship has sailed.
Problem solved?
Electricity Demands of AI Data Centers to Double by 2030: IEA Report https://www.ecowatch.com/ai-data-centers-electricity-demands.html
Elon Musk está usando Generadores de Energía ilegales y contaminantes.
Una queja recurrente de las comunidades que sufren tener Centros de Datos cerca es el de los generadores. Vamos a explicar un poco porqué.
Cuando un Centro de Datos consigue la licencia, lleva consigo unos permisos de uso de energía y agua. Pero como con industrias que necesitan funcionar 24/7/365 siempre van a contar con sistemas de respaldo (backup).
Estos sistemas de respaldo funcionan en momentos de mayor demanda o si hay fallos de suministro. Por ejemplo, generadores de diesel. Estos cacharros hacen tremendo ruido, especialmente cuando van envejeciendo y producen contaminación directa.
En el caso de Musk, le pillaron con 35 generadores (20 más de lo asignado) para alimentar su #IA Grok. Estos cacharros emiten óxido nitroso, lo que contamina gravemente el aire y pone en riesgo la naturaleza y salud de les habitantes de Memphis.
“Nadie más debería estar enterrando a sus familias porque estas personas corruptas, ricas, blancas y racistas continúan construyendo proyectos que nos asfixian”, dijo Pearson, uno de los activistas. “Todo esto es prevenible. ”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/elon-musk-xai-memphis
"New aerial surveillance footage obtained by the Southern Environmental Law Center has found that Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, is using 35 methane gas generators to power its "Colossus" supercomputer facility, the backbone of its flagship Grok. That's 20 more generators than the 15 xAI filed permits for, and 35 more than it was approved to use.
The data center, nestled in historic south Memphis, came online last September, despite protests from community leaders. AI data centers are notoriously loud, and hog water and electricity like a mid-sized American city. Case in point, the local utility company, Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) estimates the Memphis facility will soon be sucking up one million gallons of water per day, as well as 150 megawatts of power, once it reaches its full power.
Though the MLGW says it's "executed four standard electric service agreements, one water service, and one gas service agreement" with xAI — totaling 50 megawatts of power — Musk says the facility needs much more due to rapid power fluctuations in his system of 10 to 20 megawatts at a time.
But getting approval for that kind of power is a slow and cautious process, according to Bloomberg, as rapid data center construction runs up against the limits of what civilian power grids can provide. Never one to wait for approval, Musk has chosen instead to exploit a loophole in local regulations, which seemingly allow him to park a fleet of toxic methane generators outside his facility as long as they don't sit in the same location for 364 days."
"It sounds like something from a science fiction movie, but Stephen Eisele is confident that one day his company will open a data centre on the Moon.
'The way we see it is that by putting the data centre in space, you're really offering unparalleled security,' says the president of Lonestar Data Holdings.
Last month, the Florida-based firm claimed to have successfully tested a tiny data centre the size of a hardback book that hitched a ride to the Moon on the Athena Lunar Lander from US space exploration firm Intuitive Machines. This, in turn, had been launched by a rocket from Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Data centres are the vast warehouses that house stacks of computers that store and process data used by websites, companies and governments.
Lonestar says that putting them on the Moon will offer customers secure, reliable data processing, while taking advantage of unlimited solar energy to power them."
On aurait Hendrik Davi (Député de Marseille depuis 2022 - à l’époque LFI-NUPES -, réélu en 2024 en tant qu’un des 5 « frondeurs » pour L’APRÈS sans l’investiture NFP, donc Groupe écolo), en train de progressivement monter en puissance sur le #numérique via la question des #datacenters, et qui relaye donc notamment l’excellent boulot de @lenuageetaitsousnospieds.
Vous avez identifié d’autres élus « de gôche » récemment qui émergeraient sur le sujet au Parlement français?
https://mediapart.social/@mediapartblogs/114319003688095954
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) #loisimplification » : stop au boom des #datacenters ! Une loi d’apparence technique, aux enjeux obscurs, mais qui marque un nouveau coup de force au service de l’industrie, et au détriment des #droitshumains et de l’#environnement.
https://www.laquadrature.net/2025/04/09/loi-simplification-stop-au-boom-des-data-centers/
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water
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The European Union has launched its AI Continent Action Plan, aiming to build AI gigafactories and bolster computing infrastructure
#AI #EU #Europe #EuropeanUnion #Gigafactory #AIFactory #Datacenters #AIInfrastructure #AIRace #InvestAI #EuroHPC #AIAct
"Amazon’s new datacentres in the Aragon region are predicted to use more #electricity than the entire region currently consumes. Meanwhile, Amazon in December asked the regional government for permission to increase water consumption at its three existing #datacentres by 48%."
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water #DataCenters #water #environment #BigTech #Amazon #Google #Microsoft
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water
Luke Barratt et al.: Big tech’s new datacentres will take #water from the world’s driest areas
#bigtech #datacenters #deserts #Water #Amazon #Google #Microsoft
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water
Mobilisation pour un moratoire sur les gros data centers ! https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/grenoble/superordinateur-puissant-comme-un-reacteur-nucleaire-ce-mega-data-center-dedie-a-l-ia-inquiete-les-ecologistes-3133423.html Du 8 au 11 avril, les député·es examineront en séance publique le projet de loi de «simplification de la vie économique». Conçue sur mesure pour répondre aux demandes des industriels de la tech, contient un article 15 qui permettrait à l’État d’imposer la construction d’immenses #datacenters aux collectivités locales et à la population. Nous appelons les député·es à rejeter l’article 15. https://www.laquadrature.net/moratoire-data-centers/
Comme pour Marine, la loi, c'est pour les autres.
Malgré nos (trop rares) lois qui protègent les communes contre l'invasion des projets polluants, le gouvernement a décidé de simplifier l'implantation de data-centers, gourmands en énergie et voraces en eau.
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Du 8 au 11 avril, les député·es examineront en séance publique le projet de loi de « simplification de la vie économique ».
Cette loi fourre-tout, conçue sur mesure pour répondre aux demandes des industriels, contient notamment un article 15 qui permettrait à l’État d’imposer la construction d’immenses data centers aux collectivités locales et à la population.
Pour ne pas laisser les multinationales de la tech s’allier au gouvernement français pour alimenter cette fuite en avant délétère et écocide, La Quadrature du Net et le collectif Le Nuage était sous nos pieds, en lien avec les membres de la coalition Hiatus, appellent à la suppression de l'article 15 et à l’adoption d’un moratoire sur la construction des grands entrepôts à serveurs !
#Trump will direct federal agencies to loosen various restrictions on #coal mining, leasing & exports. He will instruct the #Interior Dept to resume coal leasing on millions of acres of #PublicLands, & he will order the #Energy Dept & other agencies to study whether more coal-fired #power plants can supply #electricity for #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenters.