Microsoft announced they'll cover the environmental costs of their AI data centers - electricity overages, water usage, community impact.
But here's the tension: AI energy consumption is projected to quadruple by 2030, consuming one in eight kilowatt hours in the U.S. Communities have already blocked billion-dollar data center projects over water and electricity fears. Is this Microsoft accountability, or damage control?
*Charlie Harger from "Seattle's Morning News" on KIRO Radio joins us with mor eon why this matters now:*
* Why AI data centers are losing community support and costing billions in cancelled projects
* What it actually takes to power AI—and why current infrastructure can't handle it
* How Microsoft's commitment differs from silence from OpenAI, Google, and Chinese AI companies
* Whether small modular reactors and fusion energy can solve the problem or just delay it
* Why this is ultimately a West vs. East geopolitical race with environmental consequences
* What happens when five of the world's most valuable companies all need the same scarce resources
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