“I’ve talked to a lot of smart people, and some say this will satiate,” Professor Michael Webber of the University of Texas said of the massive spending by tech companies on data centers and AI infrastructure. “But then there are other smart people who say the demand for intelligence will never be sated. So we will always want more data centers. We will always want more intelligence,” he added. #datacenter #ai

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Jazmin Villegas, a mother of five and Marine veteran, felt called back to duty when she learned a data center campus could be built next door. “I stand strongly behind my oath that I took when I enlisted to, you know, protect and defend this Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” says Villegas. She says she’s not sure data centers are an enemy, but she wants answers about their potential impact. “How do I know that these chemicals or this pollution, water, air, noise, isn't goi