November 7, 2024

Rare bees kill Meta’s nuclear-powered AI data center plans


AI is a ‘dirty’ industry, with one AI query consuming enough energy to power a lightbulb for 20 minutes. In this recent article in Popular Science, assistant professor of entomology and co-lead of the ISF Biodiversity community Brock Harper (ENTM) weighed in on a rare species of bees that recently stymied a plan for nuclear power generation by Meta.