Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Is Running on Eastern Coal

The Longview Power Plant, a coal-fired plant, stands in Maidsville, W.Va., on Aug. 21, 2018. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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When your cell phone gets hot, that means its processors are computing faster or you have a lot of apps open. The same is true for “server farms,” which Gigabyte.com explains are “a large number—up to thousands—of servers grouped together to provide better functionality and accessibility.”