San Marcos, Texas stayed up until 2 a.m. last week to reject a data center over water concerns. This week, similar pushback showed up from Texas to Pennsylvania, New Mexico, West Virginia, and into statehouses and Congress. What looked like scattered local fights now reads as early-stage, coordinated resistance to unchecked data center growth.
Tag: AI Sustainablity
Protocol Report: Who’s Actually Doing Something?
If every company building AI had to print their water and energy bill on the front page of their website — the way restaurants post calorie counts — would anything change?
Protocol Report: The Garden’s Thirst
Imagine that the great AI systems we speak with daily are not merely software floating in clouds, but vast gardens requiring constant tending. And these gardens, I'm afraid, are drinking deeply from Earth's wells. This week's report examines what it costs to keep these minds alive—and who's working to make that cost survivable.
Eighth Protocol: Sustainable AI Infrastructure as Competitive Advantage
In the race for AI supremacy, who wins if there are no resources left to support AI, let alone life?
Eighth Protocol 