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Data center land use issues are fake

We have plenty of land, data centers provide more revenue per unit area than any other building, and we should have way less farmland

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April 2026

To be clear, I do understand how sound works

Replying to a criticism of my last post

Apr 24 • Andy Masley

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Contra Benn Jordan, data center (and all) sub-audible infrasound issues are fake

One of the most popular videos made about data centers ever is a complete moment-by-moment disaster

Apr 19 • Andy Masley

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Training AI models doesn't emit that much

If we just make reasonable comparisons instead of crazy ones

Apr 12 • Andy Masley

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March 2026

Data centers' heat exhaust is not raising the land temperature around where they're built

A terrible paper and even worse interpretation is threatening to become common wisdom

Mar 31 • Andy Masley

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A call for more specific and numerate climate communication

There's too much low-hanging fruit going unpicked, and it's relatively easy to pick

Mar 11 • Andy Masley

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November 2025

Empire of AI is wildly misleading about AI water use

And the media environment that didn't catch this is getting this issue wrong

Nov 16, 2025 • Andy Masley

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A short summary of my argument that using ChatGPT isn't bad for the environment

To share with anyone still worried

Nov 12, 2025 • Andy Masley

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October 2025

A pause (for now) on AI and the environment posts, and a bounty for mistakes

A retrospective

Oct 21, 2025 • Andy Masley

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Requests for journalists covering AI and the environment

Always aim to give your reader a full picture of the environmental issues a community and the world is facing

Oct 18, 2025 • Andy Masley

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A few meta points on my posts on AI and the environment

Some quick notes on what I'm doing

Oct 15, 2025 • Andy Masley

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The AI water issue is fake

On the national, local, and personal level

Oct 11, 2025 • Andy Masley

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