The data center is a symbol - by Dan Kagan-Kans
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And for now, probably a pretty good one
Utahns protest against proposed data center at State Capitol. Credit: Natalie Behring/Getty Images Half the world is upset about data centers, and the other half is confused about them. That’s because the case against data centers, as it is usually expressed, is full of false and easily debunked claims. Data centers, we are told, use up the planet’s water; burn many times the energy of a Google search with every AI reply they process; raise the temperature of the land around them by nine degrees Celsius. All of this is either wildly misleading or untrue. Data centers use far less water…
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