Net 0++: AI Thirst in a Water-Scarce World w/ Julie McCarthy
Last year, Elon Musk’s xAI built a data centre in Memphis in 19 days — and the local government only found out about it on the 20th day. How?
Julie McCarthy and her team at NatureFinance have just released a report about the nature-related impacts of data center development globally. There are some pretty dire statistics in there: 55% of data centers are developed in areas that are already at risk of drought. So why do they get built there?
Julie also shares the longer arc of her career, which began in extractive industry transparency, and included time leading the Open Government…
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