Wired West: The Impact of AI Data Centers
Tech giants like Meta, Google, and Amazon are transforming the Mountain West with the construction of massive data centers.
These nondescript, warehouse-type buildings are popping up in neighborhoods, open plains, and rolling foothills, serving as the nervous system that supports the brains of artificial intelligence.
Economic Drivers and Environmental Concerns
Data centers are economic drivers, but they also raise big questions about energy and water use, and pollution.
Arizona, where driverless cars are a common sight, is one of the hot spots for data center construction.
“It's really growing very fast in Arizona and around the country — more so in the last two years,”
said DPR Construction project executive Tom Maples.
This four-part series will explore the energy's path, the water's strain, and the social freight carried by our digital obsession.
Author's summary: Tech giants transform Mountain West with data centers.
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