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Datacentres are deeply unpopular – so the geniuses at OpenAI are rebranding them | Arwa Mahdawi

These resource-guzzling centres drive up utility bills and are hated across the political spectrum. Cue a clunky, but potentially influential, new name for them Jesus may have turned water into wine, but Donald Trump has done one better: he turned Lake Ontario into Lake America and the Gulf of Mexico into the Gulf of America. And then, for his next trick, he insisted we all stop talking about…

Datacentres are deeply unpopular – so the geniuses at OpenAI are rebranding them | Arwa Mahdawi

We haven't written up this one. The Guardian US has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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Drax Unveils £20 Billion AI Data Centre Plans at UK Biomass Plant

Energy company Drax has unveiled plans to build a new data centre at the site of its North Yorkshire power plant, which uses wood as fuel.

  • Drax plans £20 billion AI data centre at North Yorkshire biomass plant.
  • Initial phase delivers 100 megawatts by 2028, second phase adds 500 megawatts by 2031.
  • Investment could surpass £20 billion, with £2.5 billion for first phase.

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