As Microsoft Takes the Stage, Protestors Take to the Street
The rapid buildout of data centers across the US to meet the increasing needs of AI tools has become a controversial topic, with state laws popping up to limit their construction, and cities and individuals weighing in to stop them.
As tech giants rush to build out these massive AI data centers, critics have questioned the land, water and power being guzzled, including the protestors staking out the Microsoft Build software conference focusing on AI in San Francisco this week.
One of the people positioned at the entrance to the Fort Mason event center, handing out leaflets detailing the effects of data centers being built, was Amy Herman. I spoke to her about her concerns.
"I would say it's more of an opposing viewpoint," she clarified when I asked about the protest. "It's not that we're against technology, or against any sort of monetization of innovation."
She said it's more...
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