Étiquette : data center

Face aux projets de centres de données, des résistances s’organisent

1 mars 2026 /

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“L’enjeu, pour des associations comme PEPS, est aussi de sensibiliser à ce que l’ensemble de la chaîne de production provoque. « On organise beaucoup la mobilisation autour du Congo, explique Merlin Gautier-Marchand, parce que la construction des serveurs exige beaucoup d’or et de coltan », des matériaux extraits dans des conditions dramatiques – en 2023, Amnesty International calculait qu’environ 40 000 enfants travaillaient dans les mines de Cobalt, notamment autour de la ville de Kolwezi.”

Source : Face aux projets de centres de données, des résistances s’organisent – Next

The data center rebellion is reshaping the political landscape

1 mars 2026 /

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“From Archbald, Pennsylvania, to Page, Arizona, tech firms are seeking to plunk down data centers in locations that sometimes are not zoned for such heavy industrial uses, within communities that had not planned for them. These supersize data centers can use more energy than entire cities and drain local water supplies. Anger over the perceived trampling of communities by Silicon Valley has entered the national political conversation and could affect voters of all political persuasions in this year’s midterm elections. Many of the residents fighting the project in Sand Springs voted for President Donald Trump three times and also backed Gov. J. Kevin Stitt (R), who implores tech firms to build in his state.”

Source : The data center rebellion is reshaping the political landscape – The Washington Post

AWS’s Project Rainier: the world’s most powerful computer for training AI

8 novembre 2025 /

“Project Rainier is now in use, featuring one of the world’s largest AI compute clusters with nearly half a million Trainium2 chips. AWS deployed this massive AI infrastructure project less than one year after it was first announced, with partner Anthropic already running workloads. Anthropic is actively using Project Rainier to build and deploy its industry-leading AI model, Claude, which AWS expects to be on more than 1 million Trainium2 chips by the end of 2025.”

Source : AWS’s Project Rainier: the world’s most powerful computer for training AI

A Dormant Nuclear Plant in Iowa Is Poised to Power Google’s Energy Needs

28 octobre 2025 /

Aerial view of the Cedar River and the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo, Iowa.

“A nuclear plant in Iowa—currently out of action—is set to help Google reap reliable, low-carbon energy to feed power-intensive artificial intelligence.
Google said Monday it is partnering with NextEra Energy to reopen the Duane Arnold Energy Center, a nuclear plant that closed five years ago after damage from a windstorm. The plan is to get the plant, which would provide over 600 megawatts of nuclear energy for the regional grid, up and running in early 2029 pending regulatory approval. The Central Iowa Power Cooperative will buy the plant’s energy output that isn’t used by Google.
The move follows a push by the tech industry to galvanize nuclear energy in the U.S., including a deal between Constellation Energy and Microsoft to restart Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island, the site of the worst nuclear power disaster in the country. And Meta signed a deal this summer with Constellation to secure power from the Clinton Clean Energy Center, an already-operating nuclear plant in Illinois.”

Source : A Dormant Nuclear Plant in Iowa Is Poised to Power Google’s Energy Needs – WSJ

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