AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents
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On Monday, Mayor Patrick Collins of Cheyenne, Wyoming, announced plans for an AI data center that would consume more electricity than all homes in the state combined, according to The Associated Press. The facility, a joint venture between energy infrastructure company Tallgrass and AI data center developer Crusoe, would start at 1.8 gigawatts and scale up to 10 gigawatts of power use.
The project’s energy demands are difficult to overstate for Wyoming, the least populous US state. The initial 1.8-gigawatt phase, consuming 15.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) annually, is more than five times the electricity used by every household in the state combined. That figure represents 91 percent of the 17.3 TWh currently consumed by all of Wyoming’s residential, commercial, and industrial sectors combined. At its full 10-gigawatt capacity, the proposed data center would consume 87.6 TWh of electricity annually—double the 43.2 TWh the entire state currently generates.
Because drawing this much power from the public grid is untenable, the project will rely on its own dedicated gas generation and renewable energy sources, according to Collins and company officials. However, this massive local demand for electricity—even if self-generated—represents a fundamental shift for a state that currently sends nearly 60 percent of its generated power to other states.
Trump Administration Halts Controversial Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge Expansion
The Biden administration plan sought to acquire hundreds of thousands of acres in West Texas.
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The Trump administration’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has officially withdrawn the Land Protection Plan that would have enabled a dramatic expansion of the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in West Texas, a move celebrated by Texas lawmakers and land rights advocates as a major victory for private property rights.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the withdrawal on Wednesday, with Service Principal Deputy Director Justin Shirley explaining it is “consistent with the priorities of the Trump administration” by “reducing regulatory burdens, strengthening partnerships with state and local stakeholders, and ensuring responsible stewardship of taxpayer resources.”
Originally finalized under the Biden administration, the Muleshoe Land Protection Plan would have allowed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to expand the refuge from its current 6,440 acres to up to 700,000 acres—an increase of over 10,000 percent—by purchasing land or acquiring conservation easements from willing sellers across a vast area of Texas and New Mexico.
.....The project engendered strong opposition from Texas representatives, including House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R–Lubbock), who played a pivotal role in the reversal.
.....Arrington praised the Trump Administration for listening to Texans and halting the plan, highlighting the need to “defend our tax dollars, private property rights, and way of life.”
Margaret Byfield, executive director of American Stewards of Liberty, thanked both President Trump and Arrington for protecting the property rights of Texans, describing the halted plan as a key reversal of the 30×30 agenda.
The Trump administration’s action means the federal government will not seek to acquire additional lands or submit land acquisition proposals for the refuge’s expansion boundary, allaying the concerns of local communities across West Texas.
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The Age of AI is absolutely coming.
The only question is whether there is White-Hat AI to counterbalance the AI under control of would-be globalist, depopulationist dictators.
The mad rush of Wall Street to build AI is reminiscent of the parade of technological transformations including: (i) computers, (ii) semiconductors, (iii) the worldwide fiber optic infrastructure; and, (iv) wireless data networking to everyone's pocket or purse.
It almost appears that AI will be the culmination of a 100-year (or longer) technological upgrade for planet Earth.
Thank God for President Trump and Elon. They are giving the human species a chance to preserve our freedom and perhaps our survival using White-Hat AI.