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Bill McKibben

What Bill McKibben thinks about data centers

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Writer and climate campaigner; wrote The End of Nature in 1989 and founded 350.org and Third Act.

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  1. Our readingAI data centers function mainly as a new way to sustain natural gas demand for an oil-and-gas industry facing declining gasoline demand.

    war

    Their wordsone way to understand a data center is that it's a device for burning natural gas, the latest excuse (after Ukraine and Iran) for the fuel that Big Oil is counting on to keep its business model afloat even as the world turns away from internal combustion cars and crude demand begins to drop.

    ↗The Two Horsemen, Riding in Formationbillmckibben.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  3. Our readingOpposition to AI data centers is driven partly by resistance to concentrated corporate power, not only by local environmental concerns.

    Their wordsit was a chance to stand up to the oligarchs and this technology they've staked their future on.

    ↗The Two Horsemen, Riding in Formationbillmckibben.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

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  5. Our readingThe buildout of AI data centers is part of a broader extension of oligarchic control over people's lives.

    Their wordsIt's clear by now that this is all part of the extension of oligarchic control over our lives.

    ↗A year in, the data center/AI battle starts to clarifybillmckibben.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  7. Our readingAI and the data-center buildout underlying it pose real and significant dangers to society.

    Their wordsIts's clear by now that AI, and the data center development underlying it, pose real and significant dangers.

    ↗A year in, the data center/AI battle starts to clarifybillmckibben.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece