Microsoft pauses $1bn #datacenter plans in Licking County, Ohio
Another data center project bites the dust
www.datacenterdynamics.comMicrosoft backs away from $1bn data center plans in Licking County, OhioAnother data center project bites the dust
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Le projet de loi sur la simplification économique, actuellement en discussion à l’Assemblée nationale, prévoit une facilitation de l'installation des data centers en #France Ces fermes de serveurs qui chauffent de plus en plus, et consomment une quantité grandissante d’électricité. https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/un-monde-connecte/un-monde-connecte-chronique-du-vendredi-11-avril-2025-8538501
https://reporterre.net/Electricite-les-data-centers-consommeront-autant-que-le-Japon-en-2030
Scoop alert: #Atlassian confirmed this week that #DataCenter customers seeking new licenses are limited to one-year renewals as the vendor adds Government and Isolated Cloud. #AtlassianTeam25 https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366622479/Atlassian-Data-Center-stops-multi-year-license-renewals
TechTarget · Atlassian Data Center stops multi-year license renewals
Amazon, Microsoft e Google estão operando data centers que usam grandes quantidades de água em algumas das áreas mais secas do mundo e estão construindo muitos mais, segundo uma investigação da SourceMaterial e do The Guardian.
https://www.source-material.org/amazon-microsoft-google-trump-data-centres-water-use/
SourceMaterial · Big Tech's data centres will take water from world's driest areasAmazon, Microsoft and Google's data centres use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and they are building more.
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In addition, they use a cooling system called “river-cooling“ which pumps water from the river at 15C and reinjects at 27C, claiming that it has no consequences to the flora and fauna. But let's be honest, who's the capitalist idiot that makes these observations?
"“risks of eutrophication” (imbalance in the environment caused by increased concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus) ..., many other impacts are still unknown, such as “the possible proliferation of filamentous algae“
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Went exploring to a data center a couple hours from me 
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AI's environmental impact can be extremely localized. A Maine bill would limit the amount of electricity data centers can siphon from local power grids.
(I'm interviewed for the story)
Bangor Daily News · $300M data center at former Millinocket paper mill is canceled
#Microsoft puts $1B #US #datacenter builds on hold amid #AI, #tariff uncertainty
Committed $80B capex for DCs as recently as January. We wonder what changed?
There have already been warnings that the latest #tariffs target imports from countries including #China, #Taiwan, and #SouthKorea, where a great deal of datacenter equipment and the components used within them are manufactured, which will bump up the cost of fitting out bit barns.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/09/microsoft_puts_more_datacenter_builds/
The Register · Microsoft puts $1B US datacenter builds on hold amid AI, tariff uncertainty
Une consommation d'électricité folle pour les centres de données IA d’ici 2030
https://mac4ever.com/188568
#Mac4Ever #DataCenter
"Portée par l’essor de l’intelligence artificielle (IA), la consommation d’électricité des centres de données devrait « plus que doubler » d’ici à 2030, un défi pour la sécurité énergétique et un facteur de hausse des émissions de CO2, selon un rapport de l’Agence internationale de l’énergie (AIE) publié jeudi 10 avril."
Le Monde · Dopée par l’IA, la demande d’électricité pour les centres de données devrait plus que doubler d’ici 2030, selon l’AIE
Could data centres ever be built in orbit? A startup called Starcloud has plans to do just that https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/04/09/could-data-centres-ever-be-built-in-orbit
"Everything hinges on launch costs. If they fall far enough, the cost of sending a data centre into space could be more than offset by availability of abundant, cheap solar energy." #datacenter
The Economist · Could data centres ever be built in orbit?
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water
The Guardian · Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
"Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more"
"SourceMaterial’s analysis identified 38 active datacentres owned by the big three tech firms in parts of the world already facing water scarcity, as well as 24 more under development."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water
The Guardian · Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Drogę do solarpanku widzę krętą i wyboistą: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water
« ENCORE UNE LOI DE MERDE - Simplification de l'implantation de data centers » (via @LaQuadrature) #DataCenter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr763XQc8b0
IEA and EDNA released today a report assessing models on data center energy use and providing new estimates.
Global power consumption of data centers (excluding crypto)
2023 : 300-380 TWh
2030 : 600-800 TWh
AI data center power consumption
2023 : 30-50 TWh
2030 : 200-400 TWh
+ nice synthesis of previous estimates and models.
ENCORE UNE LOI DE MERDE - Simplification de l'implantation de data centers
