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Democrats Are Coming for AI Data Centers and Bitcoin Miners Could Pay Dearly

By Shiraz Jagati

Newly empowered Democrats from Texas to Ohio are pushing to pause or restrict new data centers, a threat to the bitcoin miners betting their future on artificial intelligence (AI) hosting. A Party-Wide Push Data centers were on the ballot this week, and the winners are now talking about limits. Sen. Bernie Sanders,…

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Artificial intelligence

Computer systems that perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as understanding language, recognising images or making decisions.

AI is changing work, media and public services, raising questions about jobs, safety and regulation.

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Data centre

A facility that houses large numbers of servers and networking equipment to store and process data.

Data centres use large amounts of electricity and water, which makes their location a local and climate issue.

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Bitcoin

The first and largest cryptocurrency, created in 2009, with a fixed maximum supply and no central issuer.

Its price swings and adoption by funds and companies make it a bellwether for the whole crypto market.

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