Computing Power Used to Heat Public Pools
A tech startup is providing free heat to public swimming pools by recycling the thermal energy produced by small data centers.
AI & Environment
The environmental impact of artificial intelligence, including energy consumption, carbon emissions from data centers and training, and strategies for sustainable AI development and deployment.
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NVIDIA Rubin: The Shift to 100% Liquid-Cooled AI Factories
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NVIDIA's Rubin architecture adopts 100% liquid cooling at higher temperatures to eliminate water waste and maximize energy efficiency in AI factories.
CrankGPT: The Human-Powered AI Revolution
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CrankGPT is a human-powered, local AI device that replaces big tech's cloud infrastructure with personal fitness and total data privacy.
Erin Brockovich Launches Map to Track AI Data Center Expansion
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Erin Brockovich has launched a crowdsourced mapping tool to track the expansion and community impacts of AI data centers across the U.S.
AI Water Use: Fact-Checking the Fear in California
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AI water use in California is a negligible portion of the state's total consumption, making current public alarm largely disproportionate to the data.
Meta Open-Sources AI for Sustainable, American-Made Concrete
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Meta is open-sourcing AI tools and data to help the U.S. construction industry transition to sustainable, domestically produced concrete through rapid material optimization.
Study: US AI Adoption Could Add 900,000 Tons CO₂ Annually—About 0.02% of National Emissions
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US AI adoption will modestly raise emissions (~900,000 tons CO₂/year), pressing the need for energy-efficient, sustainable deployment.
Google expands Earth AI: Geospatial Reasoning, Google Earth tools, and Cloud access
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Google is expanding Earth AI across Geospatial Reasoning, Google Earth, and Google Cloud to turn geospatial data into actionable insights for crises and environmental management.