#nonukesforai — Public Fediverse posts
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#NuclearPower is NOT the answer to #ClimateChange!
The effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment
Justin P. Gwynn, et al., 2024
"Blooms of jellyfish are predicted to increase due to warmer ocean temperatures and ocean acidification, with a recent study linking such blooms directly to the thermal pollution of returning cooling water from an NPP."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01241-w.pdf
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #HABs #HarmfulAlgaeBlooms #OceanAcidification #NuclearPlants #OceanWarming #WaterIsLife #ROS #ReactiveOxygenSpecies #MarineLife
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#NuclearPower is NOT the answer to #ClimateChange!
The effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment
Justin P. Gwynn, et al., 2024
"Blooms of jellyfish are predicted to increase due to warmer ocean temperatures and ocean acidification, with a recent study linking such blooms directly to the thermal pollution of returning cooling water from an NPP."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01241-w.pdf
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #HABs #HarmfulAlgaeBlooms #OceanAcidification #NuclearPlants #OceanWarming #WaterIsLife #ROS #ReactiveOxygenSpecies #MarineLife
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#NuclearPower is NOT the answer to #ClimateChange!
The effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment
Justin P. Gwynn, et al., 2024
"Blooms of jellyfish are predicted to increase due to warmer ocean temperatures and ocean acidification, with a recent study linking such blooms directly to the thermal pollution of returning cooling water from an NPP."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01241-w.pdf
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #HABs #HarmfulAlgaeBlooms #OceanAcidification #NuclearPlants #OceanWarming #WaterIsLife #ROS #ReactiveOxygenSpecies #MarineLife
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#NuclearPower is NOT the answer to #ClimateChange!
The effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment
Justin P. Gwynn, et al., 2024
"Blooms of jellyfish are predicted to increase due to warmer ocean temperatures and ocean acidification, with a recent study linking such blooms directly to the thermal pollution of returning cooling water from an NPP."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01241-w.pdf
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #HABs #HarmfulAlgaeBlooms #OceanAcidification #NuclearPlants #OceanWarming #WaterIsLife #ROS #ReactiveOxygenSpecies #MarineLife
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#NuclearPower is NOT the answer to #ClimateChange!
The effect of climate change on sources of radionuclides to the marine environment
Justin P. Gwynn, et al., 2024
"Blooms of jellyfish are predicted to increase due to warmer ocean temperatures and ocean acidification, with a recent study linking such blooms directly to the thermal pollution of returning cooling water from an NPP."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01241-w.pdf
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #HABs #HarmfulAlgaeBlooms #OceanAcidification #NuclearPlants #OceanWarming #WaterIsLife #ROS #ReactiveOxygenSpecies #MarineLife
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HT @waltbaldwin
NextEra secures US loan of up to $1.9 billion for restart of #Iowa #nuclearPlant
By Reuters
September 8, 2026Excerpt: "Iowa's lone nuclear plant, the #DuaneArnoldEnergyCenter, closed in 2020 after operating for 45 years. Operations are scheduled to resume in early 2029."
#AISucks #AIDatacenters #NoNukesForAI #NoNukes #NextEra #Holtec #RethinkNotRestart #AIBoom 💥
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HT @waltbaldwin
NextEra secures US loan of up to $1.9 billion for restart of #Iowa #nuclearPlant
By Reuters
September 8, 2026Excerpt: "Iowa's lone nuclear plant, the #DuaneArnoldEnergyCenter, closed in 2020 after operating for 45 years. Operations are scheduled to resume in early 2029."
#AISucks #AIDatacenters #NoNukesForAI #NoNukes #NextEra #Holtec #RethinkNotRestart #AIBoom 💥
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HT @waltbaldwin
NextEra secures US loan of up to $1.9 billion for restart of #Iowa #nuclearPlant
By Reuters
September 8, 2026Excerpt: "Iowa's lone nuclear plant, the #DuaneArnoldEnergyCenter, closed in 2020 after operating for 45 years. Operations are scheduled to resume in early 2029."
#AISucks #AIDatacenters #NoNukesForAI #NoNukes #NextEra #Holtec #RethinkNotRestart #AIBoom 💥
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HT @waltbaldwin
NextEra secures US loan of up to $1.9 billion for restart of #Iowa #nuclearPlant
By Reuters
September 8, 2026Excerpt: "Iowa's lone nuclear plant, the #DuaneArnoldEnergyCenter, closed in 2020 after operating for 45 years. Operations are scheduled to resume in early 2029."
#AISucks #AIDatacenters #NoNukesForAI #NoNukes #NextEra #Holtec #RethinkNotRestart #AIBoom 💥
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HT @waltbaldwin
NextEra secures US loan of up to $1.9 billion for restart of #Iowa #nuclearPlant
By Reuters
September 8, 2026Excerpt: "Iowa's lone nuclear plant, the #DuaneArnoldEnergyCenter, closed in 2020 after operating for 45 years. Operations are scheduled to resume in early 2029."
#AISucks #AIDatacenters #NoNukesForAI #NoNukes #NextEra #Holtec #RethinkNotRestart #AIBoom 💥
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SimplyInfo.org: 15th Anniversary Report #FukushimaDaiichi
March 2, 2026
Excerpt: "This TV Asahi investigative report from March 2025 [linked below] paints a sobering picture of the enormous challenges still facing the decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi, fourteen years after the accident. While #TEPCO achieved a milestone the previous November by extracting roughly 0.7 grams of #NuclearFuel debris for the first time, experts interviewed for the piece emphasized that debris removal is just one piece of a far more complex puzzle. Around 1,000 fuel assemblies
still remain in the spent fuel pools of Units 1 and 2, untouched since the accident, and officials from the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (#NDF) described clearing these pools as the single most urgent priority — in part because another
#earthquake or #tsunami could strike at any time."Before large-scale debris removal can even begin, the area around the reactor buildings must be cleared of heavily contaminated structures and exhaust stacks to make room for the massive equipment required. Because humans cannot safely approach the highly radioactive debris, all removal work must be done remotely. Radiation levels outside the buildings remain dangerously high — a dosimeter near #Unit2 showed particularly elevated readings — and contaminated water continues to be generated at a rate of roughly 80 tons per day as #rainwater and #groundwater contact radioactive materials on site, despite TEPCO having already released about 80,000 tons of treated [but still radioactive] water into the ocean.
"Perhaps the most troubling concern raised in the article is what happens to the debris and #RadioactiveWaste after it is removed. Hiroshi Miyano, chairman of the Decommissioning Review Committee of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan, was blunt in his criticism, saying no serious thought has been given to managing this waste over the coming century or two.
"The Fukushima debris is uniquely complicated because it is a mixture of melted nuclear fuel and structural materials, and experts warned that removal may not even be possible until a concrete disposal plan is in place. General decommissioning superintendent Toyoshi Fukada warned that without proper storage facilities ready in advance, the entire decommissioning effort could eventually grind to a halt simply because there would be nowhere to put the waste."
Read more:
https://simplyinfo.org/2026/03/simplyinfo-org-15th-anniversary-report-fukushima-daiichi/Asashi investigative report [pdf]:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ysaf6a7hj62286sv4hoql/alps_water_d250130_14-j_translated.pdf?rlkey=3u397ndoafdtiq6fgjczg4a74&st=845tdf30&dl=0#FukushimaIsntOver #TEPCOLies #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #RenewablesNow #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #NuclearPlants #NuclearDisaster #Remember311
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#RadioactiveWaste leakage would be threat to area: critic
By Doug Diaczuk The Chronicle-Journal Apr 22, 2025
"A radioactive waste specialist from the United States says #NuclearWaste disposal sites place a giant bullseye on an area, as well as all communities along the transportation route, and residents of Northern #Ontario should take notice.
"#KevinKamps, a radioactive waste specialist with #BeyondNuclear, a non-profit advocacy group in the United States, will be speaking in Thunder Bay at Environment North's annual meeting on Wednesday [April 23].
"Kamps has opposed several nuclear waste sites across North America, including a site in the #YuccaMountains in #Nevada and a site at #Kincardine in #Ontario at the #BruceNuclear Generating Station.
" 'That was a 20-year campaign all told, but we prevailed in the end,' Kamps said of the Kincardine site in an interview with The Chronicle-Journal.
"The Nuclear Waste Management Organization [#NWM] identified a site between #Ignace and #Wabigoon Lake as the location for a proposed deep geological repository [#DGR] for #SpentFuel from #Canadian #NuclearPower plants.
"Last summer, the #TownshipOfIgnace expressed a willingness to be the host community for the repository following a survey showing the majority of residents supported the site.
"But several #FirstNation communities have spoken out in opposition to the site, citing #environmental concerns and the safety of transporting spent fuel through the region.
"Kamps said if anything was to go wrong at the deep geological repository site it would be catastrophic: 'for all points #downstream, #downwind, up the #FoodChain, down the generations.'
" 'In your neck of the woods, what I find ironic is the current target in your area is just outside of the #GreatLakes basin and I think it is a raw political calculation to try to silence what has been more than a decade of U.S. congressional opposition to the #LakeHuronDump,' he said.
" 'Now magically a site has been chosen outside of the Great Lakes basin.'
"There are many safety concerns to take into consideration when it comes to nuclear waste, Kamps said, beginning with the transportation of nuclear material to the site itself.
" 'One of the most controversial aspects is the transportation component, because it makes it everyone's problem along those routes,' he said. 'So that is another part of our challenge, to educate communities that would be along the most likely transportation route, be it road, rail, or waterway.'
"Then there is the site itself, which Kamps said could be vulnerable to #ExtremeWeather, #NaturalDisasters, or even potential attacks.
" 'You had better know your geology really well because if and when this starts leaking from its containers into the geology, then it's a question of how long will it take to mix with underground waterflows and perhaps even surface waterflows,' he said. 'And then the risk flows with the water, and with the air.'
"For those opposed to such sites, Kamps said the best way to fight back is through the democratic process and engaging with government representatives at all levels.
"He cited the opposition to the #Kincardine site that was a 20-year fight and the role First Nations communities played.
" 'An important part of that was the #SaugeenOjibwayNation who asked good questions and in the end voted 86 per cent no to that dump coming into their community,' he said.
"In terms of what to do with nuclear waste from generating stations, Kamps said it should stay at the site of origin."
#EnvironmentalRacism #GreatLakesBasin #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #NuclearDumping #ClimateChange #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukesForAI #NoDumpingWithoutConsent
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We Work The Black Seam
"This place has changed for good
Your economic theory said it wouldIt's hard for us to understand
We can't give up our jobs the way we shouldOur blood has stained the #coal
We tunneled deep inside the nations soulWe matter more than pounds and pence
Your economic theory makes no senseOne day in a #nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big holePower was to become cheap and clean
Grimey faces were never seen
Deadly for 12,000 years
Is #Carbon14We work the black seam together
We work the black seam togetherThe seam lies underground
Three million years of pressure packed it downWe walk through ancient forest lands
And light a thousand cities with our handsYour dark satanic mills
Have made redundant all our mining skillsYou can't exchange a six-inch band
For all the poisoned streams in cumberlandOne day in a nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big holePower was to become cheap and clean
Grimey faces were never seen
Deadly for 12,000 years
Is carbon 14We work the black seam together
We work the black seam togetherAnd should the children weep
The turning world will sing their souls to sleepWhen you have sunk without a trace
The universe will suck me into placeOne day in a nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big holePower was to become cheap and clean
Grimey faces were never seen
Deadly for 12,000 years
Is carbon 14We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together"- #Sting, 1985
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egynEo4cIEM
#80sMusic #NoNukes #NoCoal #RethinkNotRestart #DirtyCoal #NuclearWaste #RenewablesNow! #NoNukesForAI #NoCoalForAI
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Experts warn #Trump’s #nuclear blitz could trigger ‘Next #ThreeMileIsland'
by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams
May 24, 2025"U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a series of executive orders that will overhaul the independent federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants in order to speed the construction of new fissile reactors—a move that experts warned will increase safety risks.
"According to a White House statement, Trump's directives 'will usher in a nuclear energy renaissance,' in part by allowing Department of Energy laboratories to conduct nuclear reactor design testing, green-lighting reactor construction on federal lands, and lifting #RegulatoryBarriers 'by requiring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (#NRC) to issue timely licensing decisions."
"The Trump administration is seeking to shorten the yearslong NRC process of approving new licenses for nuclear power plants and reactors to within 18 months.
"White House Office of Science and Technology Director Michael Kratsios said Friday that 'over the last 30 years, we stopped building nuclear reactors in America—that ends now.'
" 'We are restoring a strong American nuclear industrial base, rebuilding a secure and sovereign domestic nuclear fuel supply chain, and leading the world towards a future fueled by American nuclear energy,' he added. [And radioactive waste!!!]
"However, the Union of Concerned Scientists (#UCS) warned that the executive orders will result in 'all but nullifying' the NRC's regulatory process, 'undermining the independent federal agency's ability to develop and enforce #safety and #security requirements for commercial nuclear facilities.'
" 'This push by the Trump administration to usurp much of the agency's autonomy as they seek to fast-track the construction of nuclear plants will weaken critical, independent #oversight of the U.S. nuclear industry and poses significant safety and security risks to the public,' UCS added.
"#EdwinLyman, director of nuclear power safety at the UCS, said, 'Simply put, the U.S. nuclear industry will fail if safety is not made a priority.'
" 'By fatally compromising the independence and integrity of the NRC, and by encouraging pathways for nuclear deployment that bypass the regulator entirely, the Trump administration is virtually guaranteeing that this country will see a serious accident or other #radiological release that will affect the health, safety, and livelihoods of millions,' Lyman added. 'Such a disaster will destroy public trust in #NuclearPower and cause other nations to reject U.S. #nuclear technology for decades to come.'
"Friday's executive orders follow reporting earlier this month by NPR that revealed the Trump administration has tightened control over the NRC, in part by compelling the agency to send proposed reactor safety rules to the White House for review and possible editing.
"#AllisonMacfarlane, who was nominated to head the NRC during the Obama administration, called the move 'the end of independence of the agency.'
" 'If you aren't independent of political and industry influence, then you are at risk of an accident,' Macfarlane warned.
"On the first day of his second term, Trump also signed executive orders declaring a dubious 'national energy emergency' and directing federal agencies to find ways to reduce regulatory roadblocks to 'unleashing American energy, including by boosting #FossilFuels and nuclear power.
"The rapid advancement and adoption of artificial intelligence systems is creating a tremendous need for energy that proponents say can be met by nuclear power. The Three Mile Island nuclear plant—the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history—is being revived with funding from #Microsoft, while #Google parent company #Alphabet, online retail giant #Amazon, and #Facebook owner #Meta are among the competitors also investing in nuclear energy.
" 'Do we really want to create more #RadioactiveWaste to power the often dubious and questionable uses of #AI?' #JohannaNeumann, Environment America Research & Policy Center's senior director of the Campaign for 100% #RenewableEnergy, asked in December.
" '#BigTech should recommit to solutions that not only work but pose less risk to our #environment and #health,' Neumann added."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nuclear-2672196220/
#RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #BigTech #EnvironmentalRacism #UraniumMining #NuclearWaste #TEPCOLies #TrumpLies
#HoltecLies #WaterIsLife #NuclearPowerPlants #Datacenters #AIPollution #MicrosoftSucks #TrumpSucks #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #CancerRates #Downwinders #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies -
Oh yeah. Fast-tracking a #NuclearPlant restart is such a good idea...NOT!
#ThreeMileIsland nuclear plant reboot fast-tracked to 2027
By Laila Kearney
June 25, 2025Excerpt: "Despite the enthusiasm, nuclear power plant projects have historically been far over budget [leaving taxpayers on the hook] and behind schedule [which is why nuclear plant companies often fabricate and lie about details. They milk it for all it's worth!]
"No fully shut nuclear power plant has been restarted, but at least one other attempted restart - of the #PalisadesNuclearPlant in #Michigan - is under way.
"As the technology industry drives U.S. electricity demand to record highs, nuclear power has broadly seen a resurgence of interest after decades in decline. New York plans to build a new nuclear power plant, which would be one of the first to be constructed in a generation."
#RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #BigTech #NuclearWaste #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #Pennsylvania #CancerRates #TEPCOLies #HoltecLies #WaterIsLife #NuclearPowerPlants #Datacenters #AIPollution #MicrosoftSucks
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The noise of #BitcoinMining is driving #Americans crazy
Constant hum of fans that cool #DataCenter computers is turning residents against #Trump's pro-#cryptocurrency agenda
Scientists are increasingly linking 'prolonged exposure to #NoisePollution with cardiovascular damage'
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK
published 5 days ago"The relentless '#MechanicalHowl' of a #cryptocurrency mining facility has become 'the soundtrack to life for hundreds of residents' in #GranburyTX, a small rural town in #Texas, said The Guardian.
" ;It echoes across agricultural land and forests, chasing away deer. It seeps into walls, vibrating bedrooms and dinner tables.' One resident said it was as though a 'jet engine is forever stationed nearby'.
"Bitcoin mining has exploded in the US over the past decade, particularly in the wake of Donald Trump's re-election to the White House and his embrace of cryptocurrency. But it's an energy-intensive process: the powerful computers that create and protect the cryptocurrency need fans on the go constantly to cool them down. And across #rural, mostly #Republican towns, residents are getting sick of the noise – and getting sick, full stop."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/fnuCT#AIColonialism #NoNukesForAI #AISucks #WaterIsLife #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution
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#Kentucky is welcoming a #DataCenter boom. But what are the #environmental costs?
by Connor Giffin
April 29, 2025"Some of the biggest companies in the world are eyeing Kentucky and neighboring states for data center development, as surging interest in artificial intelligence pushes the industry to scour the country for energy, land and water.
"The projects carry a promise of historic investment. Experts say they could also deepen some of Kentucky’s foremost environmental challenges.
"Sprawling data centers have been announced in Jefferson County, across the river in Southern #Indiana, and most recently in Oldham County — where opponents fear a $6 billion proposed project could upend rural character, quality of life and water resources.
"Data centers are critical infrastructure for internet and cloud services, underpinning everything from emails to online shopping. Due to their vast scale of computational power, cooling systems and other operations, large data centers have an insatiable demand for energy.
"The major projects coming to the Louisville area will demand hundreds of megawatts — enough to power hundreds of thousands of homes. Data centers are expected to make up 7-12% of all U.S. electricity consumption by 2028, up from 2% about a decade ago.
"In Kentucky, a small portion of power generation comes from renewable sources, like solar power. Most comes from coal, widely considered the most polluting form of energy, or gas, which also brings emissions with planet-warming consequences.
"With a looming spike in power demand and pressure to meet that demand, advocates fear utilities could turn to highly polluting fuels. But some hope the demand could also push utilities to diversify with more renewables, as data center operators call for as much power as possible, as soon as possible.
"The industry has tried to assuage fears of environmental harm. Some data center operators have indicated plans to use renewable energy or take steps in development to protect waterways and preserve green space.
"State and local officials are welcoming data centers with open arms. The Kentucky General Assembly this year expanded sales and use tax exemptions for 'qualified data center projects' in a bill lobbied by #Google and #Meta."
#AIColonialism #NoNukesForAI #AISucks #WaterIsLife #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution
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AI's Air Pollution Problem: Data Center Energy Use Adds to Deadly Emissions
Published Dec 12, 2024
"The energy required for artificial intelligence causes air pollution from fossil-fueled power sources, a new study has found, and the authors warn that as AI grows so will the health burden from air pollution unless data centers use cleaner power.
"Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, and CalTech project that growing demand for power for the AI boom could result in as many as 1,300 premature deaths and billions of dollars in health costs in the U.S. each year by the end of this decade.
"Despite growth in cleaner energy and progress in pollution controls, many parts of the country still rely heavily on coal and natural gas to generate electricity, and pollutants from power plants such as fine particulate matter and nitrogen oxides contribute to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
"The rapid growth of data centers to drive AI will be a major source of demand for electricity and thus a major contributor to air pollution, the researchers said.
" 'These are real impacts that we'll be seeing if we're not taking any actions right now,' UC Riverside associate professor of electrical and computer engineering Shaolei Ren told Newsweek. 'And those are preventable to a large extent.'
"Ren and his co-authors drew on industry data about energy consumption by data centers and used a tool developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to calculate the air pollution and health impacts from the electricity use [that was before the #Trumpian era].
"However, many data centers also rely on backup generators separate from the electric grid. For example, when Elon #Musk launched his #xAI data center in Memphis, Tennessee, in July, it relied on a fleet of mobile generators, raising #pollution concerns among residents there."
#AIColonialism #NoNukesForAI #AISucks #WaterIsLife #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution
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AI data centers are making your electricity supply worse and could damage your home, new study says
Katie Balevic, Lloyd Lee
December 29, 2024"A Bloomberg analysis assessed readings from some 770,000 homes from February to October and found that over 75% of 'highly distorted power readings across the country are within 50 miles of significant #DataCenter activity.'
"Stresses on the power grid can lead to inconsistent power quality, and as the power quality decreases, the risk increases, Bloomberg reported. Inconsistent energy flow can cause #electronics to overheat, leading to sparks or even #HouseFires.
"A small handful of large tech companies own the vast majority of global data centers — and they show no signs of slowing down as they pour billions into building more powerful AI models.
"#Amazon, #Google, and #Microsoft own about 65% of the cloud infrastructure market, which includes data centers, according to a 2023 report from market research firm Synergy Research Group.
"Google announced in April that it's investing $3 billion to build and expand data centers in #Virginia and #Indiana. The search engine giant unveiled its latest AI model, #Gemini 2.0, in December.
"#Amazon, which is a large investor in AI startup #Anthropic, is investing another $10 billion in Ohio data centers, Gov. Mike DeWine announced on December 16.
"Microsoft, which has invested $13 billion in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, said in September that the company has partnered with other investors, including #BlackRock, in a $100 billion energy infrastructure project. The project will include 'new and expanded data centers,' the company said.
"To meet AI's increasing energy demands, companies like Google have also started turning to #NuclearPower to find more reliable and sustainable energy sources."
https://www.aol.com/news/ai-data-centers-making-electricity-195931626.html?guccounter=1
#AIColonialism #NoNukesForAI #AISucks #WaterIsLife #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution
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FIRE AT HILLSBORO DATA CENTER
5/26/2025
"On Thursday, May 23rd, a thick cloud of putrid black smoke rose over #HillsboroOR. The smoke was from an early morning fire at one of the massive #DataCenters based in the city. According to local media, the fire originated from #batteries inside the Digital Realty (PDX 11) #DataCenter. Unfortunately, the flames did not spread to the rest of the data center and the damage was minimal. Firefighters let the fire burn itself out for five hours. The fire caused major disruptions on the web, including big outages to X/Twitter, which was reportedly one of the companies leasing space at the data center. There is currently no public information about the cause of the fire."
https://rosecitycounterinfo.noblogs.org/2025/05/fire-at-hillsboro-data-center/
#OregonDataCenters #SiliconForest #AISucks #NoNukesForAI
#WaterIsLife #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution
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Against #AILiteracy: have we actually found a way to #ReverseLearning?
Miriam Reynoldson
Apr 19, 2025"So let’s get one thing out of the way: I think '#AI literacy' is a dangerous device of neoliberal education and it deserves to be dismissed out of hand.
"I don’t like that declaring this will immediately turn off half my audience, but I think it’s only fair to say it up front.
"This has a lot to do with my feelings about generative AI technologies, their developers, their #BloodDiamond genesis, and their ugly consequences for those who use them and those who are impacted by their use.
But it has a lot more to do with what literacy is."
Read more:
https://themindfile.substack.com/p/against-ai-literacy-have-we-actually#AIColonialism #AISucks #HumanCreativity #NoNukesForAI #WaterIsLife #DumbingUsDown #NoAI #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution #DataCenters #Terminator #Skynet
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“Empire of #AI”: #KarenHao on How AI Is Threatening #Democracy & Creating a New #Colonial World
June 04, 2025 via @DemocracyNow_Headlines_rss
"The new book #EmpireOfAI by longtime technology reporter Karen Hao unveils the accruing political and economic power of AI companies — especially Sam Altman’s OpenAI. Her reporting uncovered the #exploitation of #workers in #Kenya, attempts to take massive amounts of freshwater from communities in #Chile, along with numerous accounts of the technology’s detrimental impact on the environment. 'This is an extraordinary type of AI development that is causing a lot of #social, #labor and #environmental harms,' says Hao."
Read / listen / watch:
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/4/karen_hao_empire_of_ai#AIColonialism #AISucks #HumanCreativity #NoNukesForAI #WaterIsLife #DumbingUsDown #NoAI #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution #DataCenters #Terminator #Skynet
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And I'm one of them!
The people refusing to use AI
Suzanne Bearne, May 5, 2025
Excerpt: "For Florence Achery, owner of Yoga Retreats & More, the environmental impact is one reason why she vows to stay away from AI.
" 'My initial reaction was that AI is soulless and is a contradiction with my business, which is all about human connection,' says Achery, based in London.
" 'However, I found out that the environmental impact was awful with all the energy consumption required to run the data centres. I don't think that people are aware of that.' "
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LIVE: #WesternMiningActionNetwork in #Montreal
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews
November 14, 2024MONTREAL -- "The Western Mining Action Network is meeting today in Montreal, with speakers from the network's #IndigenousCaucus speaking on the #NuclearFuelChain, defending the water and land, and the rights stated in the United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Peoples [#UNDIP].
The Deadly Nuclear Fuel Chain
"#PetuucheGilbert, #AcomaPueblo, said there should be more concern over the #NuclearFuel chain, #radiation and #UraniumMining. The nuclear fuel chain includes the making of the #AtomicBomb, and the #NuclearWaste from #SpentFuelRods in #NuclearPowerPlants.
"In his homeland, in the Grants mining district in #NewMexico, the abandoned #UraniumMines are #radioactive hazards affecting the water, air and the animals on the ground.
"Nearby on the #NavajoNation, there are more than 500 abandoned uranium mines and there are massive #UraniumMill waste sites, where the ore was processed. These all emit #RadonGas. He pointed out that the #McArthurRiver, #KeyLakeUranium Mine and mill in northern #Saskatchewan, Canada is the world's largest uranium mine and mill.
"Petuuche said he believes that the cancers now that the people in his area are suffering from are a result of radioactivity. There was also the atomic bomb testing in Nevada. All of that radioactivity spread over the entire United States. #Downwinders breathing the radioactivity in the air are also radiation victims."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/live-western-mining-action-network-in.html
#NoUraniumMining #HaulNo #UraniumMills #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #NoNuclearWeapons #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukesForAI