[ExI] benefits of climate change

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> From: Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com>
> >…A large power failure in Phoenix during a heat wave would kill at least a million.
>
> This is a powerful argument for setting up AI data centers along the CA/NV state line, then using it as redundant emergency power supplies to Phoenix.
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> In this scenario, life-saving power could be diverted from AI in CA to AC in AZ.

AI data centers don't generate power.  They consume power.  And you
know that, in this scenario, the data center's owners would refuse to
shut down or limit operations: no power would be diverted.