Activist Group Calls on Congress to Block Pentagon's AI Data Center Plans
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Summary
The article is an activist call-to-action opposing the Pentagon's plans to build massive AI data centers on military property across multiple US states. It argues these data centers would power AI warfare systems (autonomous weapons, algorithms making life-or-death decisions, nuclear launch capabilities) while causing environmental harm including high electricity consumption, water waste, and pollution. The piece notes that 70% of Americans oppose local data centers, and that Wall Street firms are using Pentagon leases to avoid public scrutiny. It urges readers to contact their representatives to block these taxpayer-subsidized data centers.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pledged to create an 'AI-first' fighting force, supercharging an already AI-powered war machine.
7-in-10 Americans oppose data centers being built in their communities, and it's not hard to see why: they jack up local electricity costs, waste millions of gallons of freshwater each day, and cause air, light, and noise pollution.
The three-gigawatt data center complex planned near Fort Bliss 'would consume more electricity than all of El Paso Electric's 460,000 customers combined.'
Wall Street firms and private equity companies like the Carlyle Group and BlackRock are trying to avoid public scrutiny by turning to the Pentagon, which is currently negotiating 'exclusive' 50-year term leases of its property for the data centers.
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