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junesim63
JuneSim63 💚 @junesim63@mstdn.social · 4d ago
"In the middle distance, the increasingly gigantic datacentres whirred on, and I thought of a few lines from another of John Betjeman’s poems: “And over all the land, instead of trees / Clean poles and wire will whisper in the breeze / We’ll keep one ancient village just to show / What England once was when the times were slow.” #AI #DataCentres #UKPolitics As AI guzzles water and energy, we are already facing a choice: datacentres or homes? | John Harris | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/09/slough-famous-the-office-datacentres-locals-hub-europe
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n_dimension
Wulfy—Speaker to the machines @n_dimension@infosec.exchange · 6d ago
Replying to @selfhost_discovery@mastodon.social
@selfhost_discovery@mastodon.social WAAAAAH #DATACENTRES !!! #Luddites #AiHate
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simon_brooke
Simon Brooke @simon_brooke@mastodon.scot · Aug 03, 2026
Replying to @simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
@urlyman@mastodon.social alternatively, if we concentrate on electric smelters and kilns, we won't have enough clean energy to power them. Of course, we could continue to burn #FossilFuels to do either the power generation or the materials processing, but in that case we all die fairly quickly — probably this century. Or else we could use our available power and structural materials to build #GenAI #DataCentres, in which case we all die even more quickly. #ClimateEmergency /Continued
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strypey
Strypey @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz · Aug 01, 2026
"Within that broader launch, the one substantive new policy announcement was a proposed one-year moratorium on new AI data centre consents." #HenryOliver, 2026 https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/27-07-2026/a-green-party-for-all-of-us The Greens like to present themselves as radicals, but this is incrementalism writ large. To those of us closely following the disasterclasses of the #MOLE Training industry, this policy is about as ambitious as a 1 year moratorium on fossil fuel exploration, Or open field trials of GM. (1/?) #AI #datacentres
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ChrisMayLA6
Emeritus Prof. Christopher May @ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk · Jul 31, 2026
There seems a clearly possibility that Dat Centres may become this century's canals; as investment continues to expand & expensive infrastructure gets built, recent developments in AI & associated technologies suggest it may soon move from a networked utility to a local based (and powerful) software solution, making data centres (quickly) redundant... If so, pretty quickly (like canals) a major infrastructure sector will be over-taken by technological change. #DataCentres #technology
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n_dimension
Wulfy—Speaker to the machines @n_dimension@infosec.exchange · Jul 31, 2026
Replying to @lindamciver@aus.social

@lindamciver@aus.social

Issues with publishing your submission prior to the committee accepting it.

  1. No privilege. Publishing early means whatever's up is defended by you, not the Senate. If there is defamatory content.

  2. The committee can refuse it. Committees take prior publication as a signal the document is a press release. Rare, but it's their lever, and this Chair's committee will be drowning in campaign-generated submissions.

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ecosdelfuturo
Pedro J. Hdez @ecosdelfuturo@mstdn.social · Jul 30, 2026
Although the article is still a preprint and has not yet been peer-reviewed, the brief summary in the introduction shown in the image is worth keeping at hand. :pdf: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20897 #DataCentres #Emissions
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Delphi
Delphi @Delphi@mastodon.scot · Jul 29, 2026
UK beware. Further awful news about AI data centres. Electricity & water use we've heard about but this is the first I've heard about the constant high decibel sound from AI data centres. 1st link includes #USA #ABC7 #news https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-center-noise-pollution-dowagiac-michigan-blasts-homes?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=futurism-newsletter&_bhlid=2ab780d1f5de7d2c6b4c632a35a6d7d4b2ef15dd #Government #growthzones https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ai-growth-zones #data #datacenter #datacentres #UK #AI #Tech #noise #noisepollution #business #environment #health
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GrumpyOldFart
GrumpyOldFart @GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social · Jul 29, 2026
“The civilisational collapse cult” by Sam Bright on Substack @uk_politics @thegreenparty @green “Nigel Farage has said he thinks it’s ‘absolutely nuts’ for CO2 to be considered a pollutant, while Kemi Badenoch says candidates aren’t welcome in the Conservative Party who support the UK’s 2050 net zero emissions target. The backdrop? Wildfires raging across Europe, forcing more than 300,000 people to flee their homes. Welcome to the civilisational collapse cult” https://open.substack.com/pub/writesbright/p/the-civilisational-collapse-cult #Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #UK #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Farage #Badenoch #AI #DataCentres #Heatwave #Flooding #ClimateDenial #Collapse #Reform
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abcfeeds
ABC Feeds @abcfeeds@rssfeed.media · Jul 27, 2026
Power prices are finally falling. Experts say data centres could change that By Daniel Mercer Consumers should brace for hefty increases in the cost of generating electricity as data centres suck up vast quantities of power faster than new plants can be built, experts say. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-28/data-centre-explosion-could-spark-power-price-hikes/106963258 #DataCentres #EnergyPolicy #RenewableEnergy #DanielMercer
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Lazarou
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @Lazarou@mastodon.social · Jul 27, 2026
Enough of this shit! show your disgust! join the Butlerian Jihad! (but also sign this petition, cheers) https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/prevent-construction-of-microsoft-hyperscale-datacentres-in-leeds #Leeds #Microsoft #DataCentres #UKPol #UKpolitics #ButlerianJihad
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Captain_Jack_Sparrow
Captain Jack Sparrow @Captain_Jack_Sparrow@mastodon.world · Jul 25, 2026
Replying to @rahmstorf@fediscience.org
@rahmstorf@fediscience.org Local Councils are building huge ai #datacentres in the UK, right next to #cleanairzones where you get penalised for driving to work. those #datacentres will use tonnes of fresh water and emit vast amounts of co2 ..but dont forget to insulate your walls or you'll get fined.. what fucking madness. #aihype #aislop #aibubble
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BobLefridge
Bob LeFridge :tinoflag: @BobLefridge@mastodon.nz · Jul 26, 2026
Replying to @jeremy_pm@mastodon.nz
While the fast-tracked Datagrid project has been calculated to use 280 megawatts, the company has a secret plan to make it four times bigger and thirstier at 1000MW. An MBIE briefing from last year reveals Datagrid's goal is ‘‘almost double the consumption of the Tiwai Point smelter’’, currently NZ’s largest single electricity user. Datagrid want to nab a quarter of NZ's total electricity supply. However an Electricity Authority (EA) spokesperson said the authority had ‘‘not been informed’’ of the data centre’s ‘‘final capacity’’. Of course they haven't. And because Luxon's coalition is so naive, there are also datacentres being planned for Twizel, Ohau, Geraldine and Cromwell. The plan is to fill NZ with offshore-owned datacentres churning out AI-slop. And they're guaranteed continuous power at a fraction of the cost paid by consumers. The Greens have exactly the right idea. https://archive.ph/pFOXt#selection-1381.0-1393.103 @jeremy_pm@mastodon.nz @phil_stevens@mastodon.nz @pezmico@mastodon.nz #Datagrid #Datacentres #NZ
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chewie
Chewie @chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net · Jul 24, 2026
Another #petition to get more control of where #datacentres are sited in the UK: https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/datacentres This will be sent to Jonathan Reynolds, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. #AI #BigTech #BoycottBigTech #DataCenters
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noaivancouver
No AI Vancouver @noaivancouver@mastodon.social · Jul 22, 2026
Good news: the rezoning for the Mt. Pleasant AI data centre has been referred back to staff, likely relaying the approval hearing until after the October election - due to "huge public interest"! Every protester, and every person who signed up to speak at the rezoning hearing helped make this happen! Now it's time to fight an election. We'll share next steps soon. Thanks to our friends at the Canadian Animation Guild for the graphic! #Vancouver #VanPoli #NoAI #BigTech #DataCentres
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treleanor
Trish Roberts @treleanor@aus.social · Jul 23, 2026
RE: https://climatejustice.social/@ketan/116965815717070340 #NTpol #datacentres 👀😱😳
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Ketan Joshi @ketan@climatejustice.social
A government official in Australia says the Northern Territory needs data centres to use lots of water so......the Earth's axis doesn't flip
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Bellingen
BellingenNSW @Bellingen@mastodon.au · Jul 23, 2026
"Data centres, coal mine extensions and methane are snags to NSW reaching net zero targets." "All emissions associated with these projects make achieving the emissions reduction targets harder....The NSW Net Zero Commission (NZC) annual progress report found the state is falling increasingly further behind on reducing emissions." >> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-23/net-zero-authority-nsw-annual-report-coal-data-impacts/106948568 #climate #NSW #coal #meat #DataCentres #water #extractivism #pollution
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noaivancouver
No AI Vancouver @noaivancouver@mastodon.social · Jul 02, 2026
We're not going anywhere, not until we see real change in the government's complete capitulation to big tech. Weren't able to join the second protest? Join us at the third, on July 26th! We'll see all your amazing faces there! #vancouver #vanpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #canada #NoAI #DataCentres #BigTech
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simplicitarian
Ali Clarke :flag_tino: @simplicitarian@cloudisland.nz · Jul 17, 2026
So it seems our government wants to invest in an industry that - checks notes - is making the world a worse place, as well as using massive amounts of energy and water 🤦🏻‍♀️ So depressing. The story is in this morning’s ODT but paywalled (apologies but I don’t have the spoons to transcribe the whole thing and obviously won’t use AI to do that). #NZPol #DataCentres
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