Construction of Boston University’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences, a file photo.Photo: “Construction on the Boston University Center for Computing & Data Sciences” by Chris Rycroft from Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; adapted from the original.
The giant buildings that power artificial intelligence promise tax money to struggling places, but neighbors on the left and right are raising alarms about power bills, water, noise and secrecy.
The pair, about 300 light-years away, circle each other every 87 minutes, and the steady flow of material between them could continue for an extraordinarily long time.
Kyiv welcomed the idea and said it would stop hitting Russian refineries if Russia stopped attacking its power system. Hours later, Ukraine reported new strikes on its energy facilities.