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- 1Big Tech backs up to $300bn in AI debt guarantees●“ #BigTech companies are rapidly expanding their use of #guarantees to back debt for #AI #datacentres and #chips , issui
Major technology companies are rapidly expanding the use of guarantees to back debt financing for AI datacentres and semiconductor chips, issuing as much as $300bn in commitments in under a year. Commentators note that much of this exposure is recorded off the companies' balance sheets, raising questions about hidden financial risk in the AI buildout.
- 2Green pitcher plant's spring pitchers die back for winter●Unlike Sarracenia leucophylla, which grows its best pitchers late in summer, S. oreophila puts out a burst of new pitche
Botanists are comparing the seasonal habits of two North American pitcher plants. Unlike Sarracenia leucophylla, which produces its best pitchers in late summer, Sarracenia oreophila puts out a burst of pitchers in spring. Those pitchers are now dying back as the plant prepares for winter dormancy, leaving smaller non-trap leaves called phyllodia at the base.
- 3Data centers carve up US forests, farmland and desert●Across the US, forest, farmland & desert🚨➡️cleared to make way for the physical infra that powers our # tech . # DataCen
Across the United States, forests, farmland and desert land are being cleared to build the physical infrastructure behind the tech industry, with data centers increasingly pushed into rural areas. The new facilities are being built to power artificial intelligence, and their powerful chips require far more electricity than earlier data centers. Rural locations are attractive to developers because land costs are lower and they sit near existing fiber networks, but the trend is raising concerns about the environmental and land-use costs of the AI boom.