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New Jersey city spurns data center as defiance spreads

New Jersey city spurns data center as defiance spreads

Residents of a New Jersey city mobilized within days to kill a planned data center -- and now activists nationwide want to know how they did it. Grassroots resistance to these computing fortresses is spreading across the United States, even as Big Tech pours hundreds of billions of dollars a year

‘AI is now the smartest person in the room’: Workers face crossroads, pivots and perils from artificial intelligence

‘AI is now the smartest person in the room’: Workers face crossroads, pivots and perils from artificial intelligence

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution presents some colossal crossroads. For workers, will AI take their jobs and livelihoods or enhance their skillsets and careers? For employers, is AI a new path to productivity, creativity or both? Will automation and autonomous systems result in growing profits and innovations but reduced head

Data Centers Could Ruin What Makes Montana Beautiful

AI has been a hot topic for the past year as its reach continues to expand. Rather than just generating your WRIT101 essay, it’s being used increasingly in medicine, materials science and for creating videos and images. The growing demand for AI has sparked the development of new data

Proposed AI data centers raise concerns from Montanans

Proposed AI data centers raise concerns from Montanans

The AI data center industry is making its way into Montana, raising a slew of concerns for many residents. Last Monday, the Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC) held a panel discussion at the Gallatin Gateway Community Center to discuss environmental and ethical issues surrounding the presence of AI data centers

Montana Democrats talk conservation at congressional candidate forum

All four 1st Congressional District Democratic contenders answered primarily environment-focused questions at a candidate forum Tuesday evening at the Willson Auditorium. Environmental advocacy nonprofit Montana Conservation voters sponsored the event. Less than 60 days remain until the June 2 Democratic primary. Each attending candidate rarely strayed from their lane

Port Washington passes bill to give public say in data center TID approvals

(The Center Square) – The city of Port Washington approved a referendum Tuesday that would require future projects worth more than $10 million to be approved by taxpayers before being added to a tax increment district. The initiative, in response to a large-scale AI data center in the city, passed

Data center visit reinforces support among some Butte commissioners, yet questions linger

The road trip provided context and content for Michele Shea’s deliberations about the pros and cons of hosting a Sabey Data Centers facility in Butte-Silver Bow County. Shea was one of six members of the Butte-Silver Bow Council of Commissioners who traveled in late March to Quincy,