Data Centers and Drought: Texas’ Balancing Act - Cozzy Energy Solutions Texas Data Center Developers Highlight Water Conservation Efforts Ahead of the upcoming legislative session, Texas lawmakers are examining the operations of data centers, prompting developers to highlight their water conservation practices. Public Utility Commission Chairman Thomas Gleeson, addressing a state House committee on Thursday, underscored the importance of accurately assessing water consumption by these facilities.

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Reporters should ask Arizona lawmakers who support desert data centers if THEY want to live next to one. #DataCenters #Amazon #Arizona #ProjectBlue #Tucson #PimaCounty #Meta #Beale #Marana

This guy had the *receipts*! Data Centers suck. #DataCenters

Landowners and local communities fight back on AI-driven expansion of high-voltage power lines Although advances in AI are seen by President Trump as critical to the nation’s economic and national security, their energy needs are threatening to overwhelm the power grid — leaving landowners and ...

#AI #DataCenters #infrastructure #activism

' [Activists] say the lines are intruding on the sanctity of private land and threatening long-lasting harm to sensitive public lands, farms, property values and pristine waterways...'

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Ivan Diaz for Michigan on Instagram: "Yesterday, Ivan helped to cohost the statewide rally: No AI Data Centers in Michigan with Michigan Climate Action Network . We hope you'll continue to show up fo... 7 likes, 1 comments - ivandiazformichigan on April 12, 2026: "Yesterday, Ivan helped to cohost the statewide rally: No AI Data Centers in Michigan with Michigan Climate Action Network . We hope you'l...

Here is a candidate who will fight for regular people, NOT big donors!
#datacenters #taxtherich #medicareforall #unionstrong #rentcontrol #freechildcare #freehighereducation #breadnotbombs

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Anti-data center rally held in Grand Rapids People across the country who oppose data centers are holding demonstrations this weekend, including here in West Michigan.

Thank you for covering this rally vs #michigan #datacenters!
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Thank you #grandrapids Climate Coalition & @ivandiazbotello for rallying for a moratorium on #datacenters, rescinding tax credits, & strictly regulating them!
#michigan #cleanwater #environmentaljustice
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Texas is giving data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks each year The tax break is one of the state’s costliest incentive programs and soon to be the most expensive of its kind in the nation.

#Texas is giving #datacenters more than $1 billion in #taxbreaks each year

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Price of power: Data centers, secret deals and the fight Ohio is facing In southern Ohio, a wave of land deals tied to data centers is forcing communities to confront the costs of power, the promises of development and who they can trust.

Great article on resistance to data centers in #Ohio.
#DataCenters

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Protest held against data centers in Michigan Dozens of activists and community members gathered Saturday at Calder Plaza to take a stand against data centers in Michigan, as conversations about the issue continue to grow both locally and nati…

👏👏👏 #michigan #datacenters
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Here's the 2nd part of the testimony from Hollingsworth about the real problems with data centers that stakeholders do not want us to know about:
#datacenters #pollution #deception

The real problem with data centers: they inherently create a serious pollution problem. There is no "closed-loop system" cooling those centers. They consume large amounts of water and produce toxic byproducts. Studies are compromised to hide these problems. REJECT! /P.1
#datacenters #pollution

Powering Texas: Data Centers and the Electrical Grid - Cozzy Energy Solutions Austin – The Texas House State Affairs Committee convened Thursday to discuss the escalating demands of data centers and their impact on the state’s electrical grid. Committee Chairman Ken King, R-Canadian, signaled the importance of the topic, indicating it would be a recurring focus during the interim. Pablo Vegas, President & CEO of the Electric

Powering Texas: Data Centers and the Electrical Grid #ERCOT #TexasGrid #DataCenters #ERCOT #PowerGrid #TexasEnergy

They won’t be draining just tiny Texas towns.

They’re coming to mess with all of Texas.

We need leaders who put Texas first, not Big Tech. Sign if you agree >>

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#ai #datacenters #texas #farms

From the interestingasfuck community on Reddit: A well-articulated argument against a new data center in Ohio Explore this post and more from the interestingasfuck community

Well-articulated argument against new data centers:
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#tech
#pollution
#crisis
#epa
#global

Data centers : où en est la France ? Le développement des datacenters (ou centre de données) en France est soumis à des injonctions contradictoires.

#datacenters Il en faut sans doute mais combien ? Quid de la sobriété : eau, électricité, terres rares etc. ? #IA etc. www.ifrap.org/agriculture-... Ne pas oublier le rôle des câbles...

Suomen datakeskusbuumi kiihtyy: Janakkalaan ja Seinäjoelle satojen miljoonien AI-investoinnit Samalla kun TikTok vahvisti rakentavansa toisen miljardiluokan datakeskuksensa Lahteen, julkistettiin uusia suuria hankkeita myös Janakkalaan ja Seinäjoelle.

Suomen datakeskusbuumi kiihtyy: Janakkalaan ja Seinäjoelle satojen miljoonien AI-investoinnit After Dawn

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#AI #DataCenters

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Europe's AI ambition is hitting a wall: The Energy Grid. 🧱⚡️
While OpenAI hits the brakes in the UK, TikTok is doubling down in Finland. It raises a massive question: Can Europe's green transition support our digital sovereignty?
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#TechEurope #DataCenters #Podcast

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Anti-data center vote in Wisconsin puts future AI projects on notice #Technology #Business #Other #AIProjects #DataCenters #WisconsinVote

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From the pcmasterrace community on Reddit: Brilliant speech of an employee against the ai bubble Explore this post and more from the pcmasterrace community

Some excellent points: "not an employer...an extraction"

#DataCenters #AIDataCenters #ClosedLoop #ForeverChemicals

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Nevada has provided $450 million in tax abatements for in state AI data centers. - we need to immediately stop all future abatements until AI has figured out how to generate new clean water production . Recycling water supply isn’t enough. 💫

#ai #nevada #watersupoky #lakemead #datacenters

Well I dug a little deeper into what this data-centers' purpose is. "high-density AI training and workloads".

The attached pic is the first buildings on that formerly Farm land plot of land right near my home. It is online now. 😡 #DataCenters The other one in the video is like 2 -3 times the size.

From the PublicFreakout community on Reddit: Programmer slams data center proposal in Ravenna, Ohio. Explore this post and more from the PublicFreakout community

Michigan residents take note. We need to protect our waters!

#DataCenters

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From USB Storage to AI Data Center: How Phison is Solving the Memory Gap The company is reinventing itself to solve the AI era’s most expensive problem.

Frum thumb drive to #AI #datacenters open.substack.com/pub/techsoda...

Maine staat op het punt de eerste staat te zijn die nieuwe #datacenters verbiedt. Deze 11 andere staten hebben geprobeerd en gefaald.

Wat als Nederland dit voorbeeld eens zou volgen?
Hebben wij weer genoeg energie en is het Amerikaanse BigTech tuig opgerot.

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PJM’s Instability: Beyond Data Centers and “Market Fundamentals” - Cozzy Energy Solutions The PJM Interconnection regional energy market, the largest in the nation, is experiencing significant instability, and a proposed solution focused on data centers is unlikely to address the root of the problems, according to experts. A recent agreement between the National Energy Dominance Council and thirteen mid-Atlantic governors, an unusual bipartisan effort, highlighted the necessity

PJM's Instability: Beyond Data Centers and "Market Fundamentals" #PJM #EnergyMarket #PJM #DataCenters #EnergyPolicy #GridReliability