so, the land area allotted for Pax Silica is 1620 hectares, which is more than half the land area of Makati City (at approx. 2157 hectares). LET THAT SINK IN!!
and in there there are no businesses, residential areas, malls, NOTHING. itβs just semiconductors and data centers β¬οΈ
Ang dami. Parang Pilipinas na lang mismo ang susuko.π€¦π
Tipong sinisira na nga mismo ang sarling mga bundok tas may umaagaw pa ng dagat. π€£
Nways, may link sa mismong page nito (as watermark sa photo ) sa blue app sa bawat lugar na nabanggit kung ano na status.
#NoToMining
no. shut it down. nobody wants it. americans don't want it in their soil and they ran here to build it instead. we don't want it either. #NoToPaxSilica
ATE ANG LALA NA NGA NG EL NIΓO NAGBABALAK PA KAYO MAGPASOK NG KABALBALAN SA BANSA. AND ANONG SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT PINAGSASABI MO EH YUNG ANGAT AND LA MESA DAMS NATIN NASA CRITICAL NA. SANA YUN INUNA NYO DIBA?? MGA PULPOL
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A new study suggests that massive AI-powered data centers can create their own localized heat islands, increasing nearby land surface temperatures by an average of around 2Β°C, with some hotspots reaching up to 9Β°C hotter than surrounding areas.
The warming isn't limited to the facilities themselves, it can spread for kilometers, potentially affecting nearby communities and ecosystems. Researchers attribute the heat to continuously running servers and the energy-intensive cooling systems needed to keep them from overheating.
The study also indicates that this phenomenon is becoming widespread, with rapidly growing data center hubs across Asia, Europe, and the Americas potentially exposing hundreds of millions of people to increased local warming. Scientists say the environmental impact of data centers extends beyond carbon emissions, emphasizing that their contribution to localized heating remains largely overlooked in climate planning. #HeatIsland #DataCenter #Weather
kindly watch this video of a homeowner filming from his porch/just outside a data center and tell me if hindi nakakaperwisyo. sonically pa lang, it will disrupt not just people pero maski animals that live nearby. imagine an ai hub the size of makati buzzing nonstopβinhumane.
Pope Leo XIV on AI:
βArtificial intelligence needs to be disarmed. The word [disarmed] is strong I know, but deliberately chosen because this moment needs words capable of attracting attention, awakening consciences, and indicating paths forward for humanity.β
"We must, then, avoid the 'Babel syndrome,' namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language β even a digital one β can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance."
In the era of #ArtificialIntelligence, when human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human. We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us and revealed in its fullness in Christ, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace. #MagnificaHumanitas
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Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas
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Scientists have discovered AI data centers are even worse for the environment than we thought.
Big data centers create "heat islands" that raise local surface temperatures an average of 3.6Β°F, enough to potentially devastate local wildlife and water supply.
If you are worried about the rise of AI - taking your job, sucking up all the energy / water, bombarding your kids with online slop, amplifying 'the machine', destroying humanity... - probably the most tangible thing you can do is to resist data centers coming into your community