Ariel Wittenberg
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Memphis weighs data center moratorium in city Musk’s xAI calls ‘home’ (opens the original)
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The Tennessee city that hosts Elon Musk’s data centers cleared the first hurdle toward passing a moratorium on new facilities Tuesday. The ordinance before the Memphis City Council would not apply to xAI’s existing data centers but would pause approvals of new ones until officials can consider new zoning requirements. Sponsor JB Smiley Jr., said Tuesday he decided to propose the measure after learning via social media that the company is already building a fourth data center on land it already o
Emails show how Virginia regulators downplayed data center health concerns (opens the original)
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When Virginia’s top environmental regulator received an analysis warning of data center pollution, it took him less than five minutes to forward it to seven people on his staff. The Piedmont Environmental Council had sent the report to Michael Rolband as a courtesy two days before publicizing it in March. It ignited a scramble within the agency to poke holes in the analysis, which raised concerns about the health effects of an AI facility that stands at the vanguard of the state’s fastest-growin
A new source of data about data centers reveals their climate impact (opens the original)
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A new emissions tracker aims to highlight to communities and individuals the little-understood contribution local data centers are making to climate pollution. Health and environmental advocates said the Data Center Air Pollution Tracker released Wednesday could help local residents understand the potential health risks of data center emissions and build pressure on the centers to cut their climate pollution. “This tracker is so important because there are so many people who are increasingly bei
Panel advances bill to kill worker heat protections (opens the original)
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The House Education and Workforce Committee approved legislation along party lines Tuesday to prevent the Department of Labor from finalizing any worker protections for extreme heat. Introduced by Rep. Mark Messmer (R-Ind.), the Heat Workforce Standards Act, H.R. 6213, is a reaction to a regulation proposed by the Biden administration two years ago that would require employers to provide workers with water and a cool place to rest when heat and humidity reach 80 degrees. It passed 18-15. The Occ
AI’s no-win choice: Using huge amounts of water or energy (opens the original)
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Artificial intelligence has a real heat problem. Cooling next-generation computer chips for AI requires either millions of gallons of water or huge amounts of electricity. Both have ignited sharp opposition from the public. The industry’s heat trade-off threatens to deepen its unpopularity in communities where concern is growing about the financial and environmental toll of data centers. If a company chooses to save water when cooling a facility, its power needs surge. If it reduces electricity,
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