Further, Mr. President, what impact is AI having on our environment? AI data centers require a massive amount of electricity and water. A relatively small AI data center can consume more electricity than 80 homes. A large one, like the $165 billion data center that OpenAI and Oracle are building in Abilene, Texas, will use as much electricity as 750,000 homes. In community after community, Americans are fighting back against data centers being built by some of the largest corporations in the world. (10:38–10:53)
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