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Governments welcomed data centers. Now they’re grappling with the fallout

Countries around the world are investing millions of dollars in building data centers to meet the growing demand for generative artificial intelligence, while also storing data within their own borders....

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Law student and activist Rodrigo Vallejos stands in front of Google's data center water storage tanks in the Quilicura district. The data center extracts water from the district's underground wells. Vallejos has been monitoring data centers in Santiago's metropolitan area for the past two years.
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