Thirst for Data: The Potential Impacts of Proposed AI Center

About this episode

Ben Abbott discusses the potential impacts of a proposed AI data center in Utah.

Ecologist and Executive Director of Grow the Flow, Ben Abbott shares his perspective on the proposed 40,000 acre, 9 gigawatt AI data Center in Box Elder County, Utah.

People in this episode

Host: Claire Wiley

Guest: Ben Abbott

Topics covered

• AI data center
• ecology
• environmental impact
• Utah
• technology

Keywords

• AI
• data center
• ecologist
• environment
• Box Elder County
• Utah
• technology
• impact

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grow the Flow

Places: Box Elder County, Utah

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