Data Centers

"We are extracting Earth's history to serve a split second of technological convenience," - Kate Crawford Anatomy of AI 

This page is going to focus on the evironmental impacts of data centers in West Virginia. We will focus on the water usage, the electrical usage, the land usage, and the human impact that data centers could have on the West Virginia area and West Virginian people. This page is meant to bring up to date information about data centers within West Virginia as a growing development. 

Background

What is a Data Center?

What is Artifical Intelligence?

Environment

AI ruins the environment

Water

Electric

Land Usage

 

Human Impact

Noise pollution

 

Resources