Post by World Resources Institute

🔌AI tools like ChatGPT, and other digital platforms feel effortless, drawing information seemingly from thin air. Yet the infrastructure behind them is anything but invisible. Data centers are the physical infrastructure of the internet. They house the servers, networking equipment and supporting systems. As technology advances and computing demand grows, they are becoming increasingly energy hungry. 🪫For example, a single modern AI data center can use as much power as 100,000 homes. Across the US, a surge of new data centers is reshaping local energy grids, water systems and land use. But this rapid expansion is often happening with limited public information about the long-term impacts. How do data centers affect communities? 🔦We examined seven ways this growth is reshaping local conditions: https://lnkd.in/eYvS9V-Q

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