1. United States
2. S.C.
3. Letter

We must stop building data centers until meaningful regulations can be put in place to protect the interests of our communities! Jeff Bezos' comments at the VivaTech conference in Paris sparked a massive online debate about the resource strain of Artificial Intelligence. Here is the Amazon founder's exact quote. - "Biological limits are real, but digital potential is infinite. If we starve our data infrastructure of cooling resources just to sustain baseline human comfort, we are actively delaying the birth of a super-intelligence that could solve all of our resource problems in the first place." Massive data centers consume millions of gallons of water daily and a significant percentage of global electricity. Basic necessities for humans, like drinking water and local power grids, should always come before the energy needs of corporate AI infrastructure. In a country where we are increasingly allowing billionaires, (and now a trillionaire) to buy and influence political policies, this should be alarming. Many states in America suffer from drought. Global warming is not only affecting every state in America, but the entire globe. Yet we are being told to prioritize massive water resources to tech companies data centers. This is something most Americans do not want, but are having forced on them anyways. Prioritizing the profits of a handful or people or businesses that already have extreme wealth, over the needs of 99% of our population is immoral.