Tech giant Meta is on the lookout for renewable sources of energy to power its AI-based data centers across America. But it appears that the sudden detection of a rare bee species in the area has forced the tech giant to keep it on hold.
The news was confirmed recently by The Financial Times which says the company’s CEO informed staff about the ongoing issue during a meeting. We’ve seen the project face similar scrutiny from other regulatory bodies and environmental advocates. Now, Meta is on the hunt for more means to grab a hold of carbon-free energy sources to supply these centers.
As mentioned by Mark Zuckerberg in the past, he wants to build a bigger AI backup source if it finds the means of doing so. For that to happen, the only thing holding the company back from an AI expansion is sustainable energy sources.
AI makes use of so much electricity and water sources so resource depletion is a clear challenge it faces. Thanks to all the existing rules in place, adding more sources to American grids could take several years. Moreover, other challenges coming its way might be linked to utility companies not adding bigger power plants into the system due to the growing challenges related to the addition.
As per one report that dates back to the year 2017, there are 347 kinds of endangered bee species located in Hawaii and North America. 90% of those feature pollinator activity to survive in this environment. So disturbing their ecosystem might further endanger them, leading to their extinction. This comes with the further addition of impact on climate change as it results in loss of plant life.
For now, Meta has yet to label which bee species is located in the land where it plans to create the power plant. Most of the firm’s data centers are located in America with big plans to expand to figure 26 soon. This excludes the 75 solar power stations it wishes to create, not to mention 21 wind stations, and 25 water restorations.
We know that the company is not keen on using nuclear power, despite arch-rival Google ordering six nuclear reactors to better supplement its requirements and Microsoft planning to open Three Mile Island again to supplement AI expansion.
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The news was confirmed recently by The Financial Times which says the company’s CEO informed staff about the ongoing issue during a meeting. We’ve seen the project face similar scrutiny from other regulatory bodies and environmental advocates. Now, Meta is on the hunt for more means to grab a hold of carbon-free energy sources to supply these centers.
As mentioned by Mark Zuckerberg in the past, he wants to build a bigger AI backup source if it finds the means of doing so. For that to happen, the only thing holding the company back from an AI expansion is sustainable energy sources.
AI makes use of so much electricity and water sources so resource depletion is a clear challenge it faces. Thanks to all the existing rules in place, adding more sources to American grids could take several years. Moreover, other challenges coming its way might be linked to utility companies not adding bigger power plants into the system due to the growing challenges related to the addition.
As per one report that dates back to the year 2017, there are 347 kinds of endangered bee species located in Hawaii and North America. 90% of those feature pollinator activity to survive in this environment. So disturbing their ecosystem might further endanger them, leading to their extinction. This comes with the further addition of impact on climate change as it results in loss of plant life.
For now, Meta has yet to label which bee species is located in the land where it plans to create the power plant. Most of the firm’s data centers are located in America with big plans to expand to figure 26 soon. This excludes the 75 solar power stations it wishes to create, not to mention 21 wind stations, and 25 water restorations.
We know that the company is not keen on using nuclear power, despite arch-rival Google ordering six nuclear reactors to better supplement its requirements and Microsoft planning to open Three Mile Island again to supplement AI expansion.
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