""These facilities can use millions of gallons of water per day. We are being asked to drain our reservoirs so a chatbot can write a poem or so our sheriff can generate a picture of himself standing next to Bigfoot.""
""I used to feed AI image generating app Midjourney prompts to create the perfect commercial, training the very machine that would eventually replace me as three months later they would lay me off.""
Public concern over the environmental impact of data centers is rising, with surveys indicating worries about energy costs and local quality of life. Data centers are known to increase electricity prices, emit greenhouse gases, and strain freshwater resources. Will Hollingsworth, a digital artist, voiced these concerns at a city council meeting in Ravenna, Ohio, where nearly 100 attendees supported a proposed moratorium on data center construction. His speech highlighted the excessive water usage and questioned the necessity of such facilities.
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