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Senate investigation says that some AI data center claims are misleading

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Senate investigation says that some AI data center claims are misleading

The U.S. Senate has been conducting a year-long investigation into AI data centers, and its findings suggest that some developers have been misleading the public about the costs and benefits that these projects bring to their communities. According to Time, data center developers have routinely pointed to the number of construction jobs that projects bring to neighborhoods, but many have allegedly refused to share the number of permanent positions these projects bring to the neighborhood once they’ve reached operational status. A few companies that did give numbers point to a ratio of one permanent position for every megawatt of capacity, meaning a 100-megawatt development, which consumes around the same amount of electricity as 100,000 homes, would only hire 100 people.

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“Congress must hold Big Tech accountable so these companies pay their fair share,” Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told the publication. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) also said, “This report lays bare what we have long known: working Americans and local communities are footing the bill for Big Tech’s massive expansion of data centers, while these companies continue to operate without transparency.”

Aside from the lack of permanent jobs, the authorities also looked at the tax incentives these companies have been getting from local and state governments.


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