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Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Is Running on Eastern Coal

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
John Seiler
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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.”
John Seiler
John Seiler
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John Seiler is a veteran California opinion writer. Mr. Seiler has written editorials for The Orange County Register for almost 30 years. He is a U.S. Army veteran and former press secretary for California state Sen. John Moorlach. He blogs at JohnSeiler.Substack.com and his email is [email protected]