Proposed underwater AI data centers could disrupt endangered whale species
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Underwater AI data center proposals running into endangered whale concerns show that the next wave of compute expansion will be constrained as much by ecology as by engineering. If your growth plan assumes novel data center siting—offshore, underground, or otherwise—budget time and capital for environmental review as a first-order risk, not an afterthought.
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