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Semana de infraestructura: por qué nuestro propio recuento de historias sobre energía, chips y centros de datos se triplicó

Publicamos 13 historias sobre infraestructura de IA en los siete días hasta el 20 de septiembre, frente a 4 la semana anterior. Así es como se ve nuestra cobertura cuando el enfoque se amplía desde modelos a megavatios.

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Policy

Los tutores de IA no son la solución, dicen padres y educadores. Qué quieren en su lugar.

Un trío de académicos y educadores rechaza la idea de que la inteligencia artificial deba llenar los vacíos dejados por la educación subfinanciada, argumentando que el problema real es una elección política, no una escasez tecnológica.

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Policy

Most Americans oppose AI data centres, but few will vote on it

A New York Times/Siena University poll finds 61 percent of likely voters against building new data centres, yet the issue barely registers when people rank what matters most in the midterms.

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Policy

Philadelphia Residents Push Back Against AI Data Centers

People who lived through the refinery era don't want a replay. Now they're fighting plans that haven't even been filed yet.

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Policy

AI Data Centres Are Thirsty. But How Thirsty, Exactly?

Protests are spreading across the American Southwest over water use at AI data centres. The real numbers are murky, and tech companies aren't making it easier to find them.

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Policy

Nobody Wants a Data Centre Next Door. So Who Decides Where They Go?

Communities across the UK and the world are pushing back against the vast, noisy buildings that keep AI running. Their complaints are real. So is the problem of stopping them.

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A $500 Billion AI Datacenter Is Being Built in Rural Ohio. Not Everyone Is Happy About It.

OpenAI, Nvidia and Japanese investors are pouring half a trillion dollars into what could be the world's largest AI computing facility, tucked into the Appalachian foothills near Piketon, Ohio. The jobs sound good. The questions about land, water and power are harder.

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Policy

La IA impulsará más la producción de combustibles fósiles que la energía limpia, advierte nuevo estudio

Investigadores modelaron 64 escenarios y encontraron que las ganancias de productividad de la IA para petróleo, gas y carbón superan sus beneficios renovables, sumando 1,8 gigatoneladas de contaminación de carbono adicional al año.

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Policy

Un destacado demócrata de la Cámara exige una visita a los centros de datos de IA de SpaceX en Memphis

El Rep. Frank Pallone dice que las instalaciones funcionan con turbinas de gas sin permisos adecuados, contaminan el aire y trasladan costos energéticos a los residentes ordinarios. Quiere respuestas antes del 11 de agosto.

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Nueva York congela permisos de grandes centros de datos hasta un año por temores energéticos y de costos

La gobernadora Kathy Hochul ha firmado la primera moratoria estatal sobre construcción de grandes centros de datos en EE.UU., pausando proyectos que consumirían más de 50 megavatio de energía mientras los reguladores redactan nuevas normas.

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