Microsoft Announces Community-First Plan to Address AI Data Center Concerns
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Justine Calma
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Summary
Microsoft has announced a five-point plan called "Community-First AI Infrastructure" to address growing community opposition to its AI data centers. The plan includes measures to prevent data center energy demands from raising local electricity bills, minimize water use, train workers, create jobs, and contribute to local tax bases. This comes as big tech companies face increasing campaigns against data centers in local communities.
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The company announced a five-point plan today that it calls 'Community-First AI Infrastructure.'
That includes paying more to try to prevent data center energy demands from raising other customers' electricity bills, minimizing the company's water use, training workers and creating jobs, and contributing to the local tax base in locations it operates.
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