Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈

ssteingraber1.bsky.social

13 October 2026 20:21

🧪 NEW STUDY: Air-cooled data centers have less direct water consumption than those using evaporative cooling but higher electric demand, which merely shifts the water footprint from the facility to the power generators, extending water depletion across the entire region. arxiv.org/abs/2609.25437

Ken Hittel

khittel.bsky.social

02 October 2026 20:39

Yes, definitely interested. I too "live in a small apartment w/ big windows" AND a Romeo & Juliet balcony that would be perfect for this. Haven't heard back from my Condo Board on this, but I expect an initial no. However, if several of us banded together on this, it might be a different story.

In These Times

inthesetimes.com

21 September 2026 18:11

“The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a handful of Big Tech oligarchs.” Bernie Sanders makes the case for public control over AI, stronger regulation and a ban on artificial superintelligence.

Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈

ssteingraber1.bsky.social

21 September 2026 16:27

We are here now: Germany is storing backup versions of US climate data to protect the work of our scientists for the next U.N. climate assessment so that it “cannot be meddled with or compromised by the administration of President Trump.” e360.yale.edu/features/ger...

molly taft

mollytaft.com

03 September 2026 15:57

some fun news: i'm going to be writing a weekly column on everyone's favorite topic: DATA CENTERS i'll be taking over the @wired.com sunday newsletter from now until the midterms to yap about all things DCs it's going to be tons of fun (in MY opinion)!