Bernie Sanders: “A large one, like the 165 billion dollar data center that…”

“Further, what impact is AI having on our environment? AI data centers require a massive, huge amount of electricity and water. A relatively small AI data center can consume more electricity than 80,000 homes. A large one, like the 165 billion dollar data center that OpenAI and Oracle are building in Abilene, Texas, will use as much electricity as 750,000 homes. One data center, Meta, is building a data center in Louisiana, the size of Manhattan, that will use as much electricity as 1,200,000 homes.” (09:52–10:07)

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