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How Big Tech is courting Big Oil

Marketplace Tech

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The Environmental Cost of AI and Data Centers

This chapter explores the environmental challenges posed by the rising demand for data centers that support AI technologies, particularly regarding their electricity and water consumption. It also examines the role of major tech companies in adopting nuclear power solutions in response to these demands, while linking these issues to military and climate change dynamics.

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