Where it runs is a choice.
See what changes when it runs in your building and what that choice can mean for the environment.
What communities are pushing back on.
Water
A proposed campus would have used about 2,000 acre-feet of city water a year, making it the city's largest user. The council ended talks 7–0.Tucson, Arizona · 6 Aug 2025Arizona Luminaria
Noise
After years of complaints about a constant hum, supervisors set continuous-noise limits of 52 dB by day and 47 dB at night in neighborhoods.Prince William County, Virginia · Oct 2025InsideNoVA
Grid
A single line fault led about 60 data centers to drop about 1,500 MW of load at once, a size of simultaneous loss the grid regulator said had not historically occurred.Northern Virginia · 10 Jul 2024NERC incident review
Backup generators
About 6,000 diesel generators are attached to data centers in Northern Virginia. After pushback, the state made Tier 4 emission controls the presumptive standard for permits from 1 July 2026.Virginia · Dec 2025VPM News
Land
A rezoning for about 2,100 acres of data centers, billed as the world's largest corridor, was voided in court. Developers dropped their appeal.Prince William County, Virginia · 7 Aug 2025WTOP, Aug 2025WTOP, Apr 2026
What changes when the AI sits in your building.
- No water is used to cool the box. Cooling only. Generating the electricity it runs on still uses water.
- It runs on your building's existing power. A standard outlet. No new facility, substation or backup generator at your site. Manufacturing and electricity still have impacts.
- We will publish the box's power draw at the wall. Idle and under a named workload, with the method and the date. No energy comparison until then.
Put local AI to work
where it matters most.
The honest comparison depends on your workload, your building and your grid. Bring those to a consultation and we'll work through them with you.