A builder of a future data center was confronted in California in 2022 by a man who begged him, "Please don't do this." He worried: "When you turn that thing on, our lives are going to change." He feared their golf course would dry up, noise would drown out river sounds, pollution would wipe out salmon and migratory birds.
The builder's answer shocked him. "It had been up and running full steam [for 18 months], and he had no idea."
Quite different from what he expected, it was the very first floating data center, resulting in none of the scary impacts this local had feared. Eye-opening. Otters were swimming around the facility.
Demand is much bigger today, but hostility is much bigger as well. People want to use AI but they don't want data centers.
So, entrepreneurs and their companies are doing what business people do. They're coming up with solutions, with new ideas that will get the job done but which answer the concerns of the public.
In short, they are innovating.
from The Free Press
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