From SpaceX to City Streets: Who Pays for the AI Data Centre Boom?

Outrage + Optimism by Persephonica

Jun 18, 202648:37News & Politics

SpaceX's $1.75 trillion IPO has just created the world's first trillionaire. But for families in Morgan County, Georgia and Boxtown in South Memphis, the AI investment rush seems to look rather different: brown water, di...

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