Europe quadruples AI capacity, lags
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Data-center operators poured billions into new facilities in Germany and Europe to boost AI capacity, which analysts said would quadruple but still widen the gap with the US and China.
Reposted by Julie L. Lockwood
new from me today: not all data centers are created environmentally equal — and building them in states with cleaner grids and more access to water could go a long way in preventing environmental catastrophe
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go
A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
new from me today: not all data centers are created environmentally equal — and building them in states with cleaner grids and more access to water could go a long way in preventing environmental catastrophe
Love the phrases "Cognitive Cost" and "Executive Function Theft" to pinpoint how exhausting it is to be constantly bombarded with apps telling you to use AI. I've been calling it "Corporate pressure" and "Force feeding". It's quite a lot right now. Seems a bit desperate tbh.
The #ExecutiveFunctionTheft of having to opt out.
Feeling annoyed at the cognitive cost of having to dismiss all the offers of "AI" assitance every time I use Acrobat to provide feedback on documents my students wrote. (NO I do NOT want an "AI" summary of this. In what world???)
Decided to check settings:
Decided to check settings:
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Love the phrases "Cognitive Cost" and "Executive Function Theft" to pinpoint how exhausting it is to be constantly bombarded with apps telling you to use AI. I've been calling it "Corporate pressure" and "Force feeding". It's quite a lot right now. Seems a bit desperate tbh.
US’s data center buildout could generate up to an extra 44 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent each year—more than entire countries like Hungary, Portugal, and New Zealand each generated in 2022 www.wired.com/story/heres-...
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go
A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built.
www.wired.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
US’s data center buildout could generate up to an extra 44 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent each year—more than entire countries like Hungary, Portugal, and New Zealand each generated in 2022 www.wired.com/story/heres-...
AI is already superhuman. So are libraries, cars, and calculators. Not a reason to abandon the strong history of science-led digital policy in the EU.
Please sign if you have a PhD in or near AI.
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
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November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
AI is already superhuman. So are libraries, cars, and calculators. Not a reason to abandon the strong history of science-led digital policy in the EU.
Please sign if you have a PhD in or near AI.
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
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Please sign if you have a PhD in or near AI.
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
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Interview from last week’s AI in Science summit in Copenhagen ais25.eu
Europe’s Win and Worry with Artificial Intelligence
Launch of RAISE – the Resource for AI Science in Europe.
www.sciencestories.dk
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Interview from last week’s AI in Science summit in Copenhagen ais25.eu
Hidden AI recession: history suggests that when work becomes scarce, societies ration opportunity, and women often pay the price www.yahoo.com/news/article...
AI’s hidden recession: How fewer jobs and cultural backlash create a governance crisis
AI will redefine how humans create value. Whether it also redefines who is allowed to create value will depend on the choices leaders make now.
www.yahoo.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hidden AI recession: history suggests that when work becomes scarce, societies ration opportunity, and women often pay the price www.yahoo.com/news/article...
What are the best (guess)timates of data centre investment needs for the next 5 years or so?
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
What are the best (guess)timates of data centre investment needs for the next 5 years or so?
An AI lobbyist writes
Opinion: “It’s difficult to think of another sector that has so dismally failed to strategically engage with the transformative potential of information technology.”
🖊️ Ian Richardson #highered #EduSky
https://ow.ly/zXc850Xpvbu
🖊️ Ian Richardson #highered #EduSky
https://ow.ly/zXc850Xpvbu
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
An AI lobbyist writes
Free access to "Artificial Intelligence and Labor Markets: Evidence from Google Trends" is available at rdcu.be/eHd8u.
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Free access to "Artificial Intelligence and Labor Markets: Evidence from Google Trends" is available at rdcu.be/eHd8u.
Reposted by Mark Graham, Prokla Redaktion
KI klingt nach Zukunft – aber sie lebt von menschlicher, unsichtbarer Arbeit. Ich habe für @freitag.de mit @geoplace.bsky.social über sein Buch „Feeding the Machine“ gesprochen – und darüber, was KI wirklich kostet. Leseempfehlung für alle, die hinter die Kulissen der "KI-Unternehmen" schauen wollen
„Die Arbeitsbedingungen sind brutal“: Über die geheimen Malocher hinter ChatGPT
Hinter jedem KI-Bild steckt Handarbeit: Menschen in Kenia, Indien oder auf den Philippinen schuften stundenlang für Hungerlöhne, um Maschinen klüger zu machen. Im Gespräch enthüllt Mark Graham die uns...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
KI klingt nach Zukunft – aber sie lebt von menschlicher, unsichtbarer Arbeit. Ich habe für @freitag.de mit @geoplace.bsky.social über sein Buch „Feeding the Machine“ gesprochen – und darüber, was KI wirklich kostet. Leseempfehlung für alle, die hinter die Kulissen der "KI-Unternehmen" schauen wollen
Whoa! According to Jason Furman the only US industry to grow this year has been data centers & IT
This seems significant.
"U.S. GDP growth in the first half of 2025 was almost entirely driven by investment in data centers and information processing technology, according to Harvard economist Jason Furman."
"U.S. GDP growth in the first half of 2025 was almost entirely driven by investment in data centers and information processing technology, according to Harvard economist Jason Furman."
Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune
Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?
fortune.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Whoa! According to Jason Furman the only US industry to grow this year has been data centers & IT
My newest post on the local labor market effects of Data Centers . . .
#DataCenters @profweinstein.bsky.social
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#DataCenters @profweinstein.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My newest post on the local labor market effects of Data Centers . . .
#DataCenters @profweinstein.bsky.social
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#DataCenters @profweinstein.bsky.social
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by Libby Robin
There is also something about outsourced AI billing systems. Greater Western Water and the Melbourne Museum have now gone well over half a year late with "new systems". I don't want monthly apologies for this. Just get a human system. It's astonishing how consultants stall ... and charge for this!
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
There is also something about outsourced AI billing systems. Greater Western Water and the Melbourne Museum have now gone well over half a year late with "new systems". I don't want monthly apologies for this. Just get a human system. It's astonishing how consultants stall ... and charge for this!