Are AI data centers still needed, or have the Swiss punched holes in them?

AI generated image of servers inside an AI data center. Image credit: KP Yamu Jayanath via Pixabay. Article by Malcolm Azania. New Atlas – January 2, 2026. Sources: EPFL and Anyway Systems.

What’s not to love about giant AI data centers? I mean, of course, other than electronic waste, massive use of water (especially in arid regions), reliance on destructive and human rights-abusing mining to extract rare elements, and sucking electricity from dirty energy sources? Yeah, but how else are you going to get all those amazing Studio Ghibli replicant pictures, those awesome AI-only albums, or […]

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