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On Monday, I'm recording a podcast with @ketanjoshi.co. He's going to present the strong version of THE CASE AGAINST (AI) DATA CENTERS. Tech company fuckery, discarded green pledges, the rush to gas, the empty promises that AI will help reduce emissions ... all of it. Got questions?

Kevin J. Kircher

@kevinjkircher.com

You two are among the rare few media people who don't make money off ads or event stuff, so can speak relatively freely without fear of alienating a company such as Google or Anthropic that might otherwise be a big client of yours. I think you should discuss how that influences your conversation on

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KetAnthropic JoshAI

@ketanjoshi.co

quickly dropping both google and anthropic as clients before we record

Kevin J. Kircher

@kevinjkircher.com

Oh okay, interested to now hear what you *really* think about data centers.

Kevin J. Kircher

@kevinjkircher.com

this topic. Also how media outlets that depend on such revenue streams may or may not bias coverage to appear friendly to businesses, and particularly to the big rich businesses that are build, use, or power data centers. I suggest discussing this fairly early, because I suspect this conversation

Kevin J. Kircher

@kevinjkircher.com

will genuinely surprise many listeners, particularly those who listen to other, more corporate energy or climate podcasts.

Søren Have

@sorenhave.dk

Good point.