Technology
Yesterday, 7:31 PM
Data Centers, China and the AI Race: Are We Being Played?
Apparently, data centers are the new thing we’re all supposed to argue about. They use too much electricity. They use too much water. They’re ugly. They’re noisy. They’ll raise your electric bill. They’ll destroy the planet. They’ll save the economy. They’ll bring jobs. They won’t bring enough jobs. Basically, give the Internet five minutes and it can turn a large building full of computers into the next national emergency. But lately there’s another question being thrown into the mix: Is China helping fuel some of the backlash against data centers in the United States? (...)
