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70+ data centers are planned in Central Texas. What they could ...
Central Texas is bracing for more than 70 data centers that are being built or already operating from Temple to San Antonio. These centers, which house hundreds of servers to process data, including artificial intelligence, have been protested for their immense water and power use.What are the health risks for having these data centers in your backyard?A lot is still not known, including any direct impact on cancer rates, lung disease rates, dementia or other health conditions. Scientists say data centers are not as harmful as having other industries nearby, but can pose pollution risks and other nuisances."They are not typically like having a power plant or a factory in your backyard," said Sarah Chambliss, an environmental epidemiologist with the Dell Medical School Department of Population Health at the University of Texas. "It generates a lot of noise and a lot of heat."The building processThese can be massive structures, which means a lot of earth is moved during construction and a lot of fuel is used from construction vehicles. The dust flying around and the emissions from the vehicles could be difficult for people with asthma or other lung diseases, Chambliss said. "It's not necessarily hazardous for everyone," she said.The water useData centers bring in water to cool the servers. The water cycles and evaporates, then more water is brought in. Data centers are not thought to pollute the ground by releasing water.This use of water has received the most attention. For people living near data centers, water could become more expensive and could become less available. Having to pay more for water could then cause people to forego medical treatment, medications and healthier foods, Chambliss said. The Sabey Data Center in Round Rock was tapped as the new home for the University of Texas' Horizon supercomputer, which will be the nation's most powerful academic supercomputer. As the use of technology and artificial intelligence grows, the area will need more data centers. (Aaron E. Martinez/Austin American-Statesman)The use of powerData centers need a lot of power to run. The Austin/San Antonio area's centers under construction are expected to use 5,600 megawatts of power at one time. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas projects a 71% surge in energy demand by 2031 because of data center growth. ERCOT estimates energy demand will exceed 22,000 megawatts by 2030 because of these data centers.For people who live near a power plant, the plant could crea...
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Data centers: Two wrongs don't make a right - Santa Fe New Mexican
There also is a political undercurrent from the left and the right that raises questions on AI and the need for data centers, if only because they are owned by ...
