AI data centers gobble electricity, raising energy costs and damaging the climate

AI data centers gobble electricity, raising energy costs and damaging the climate

Bill Gates recently made headlines by suggesting that climate change is no longer a priority, but the American public begs to differ. In this last election, climate change was a defining issue in states like Virginia and Georgia, where voters grappled with rising energy costs. And no matter how much tech billionaires try to distract us, increasing power costs and our worsening climate are directly connected to corporations like Google, Meta, Mic…