u/sonoran_goofball

The title is a mouthful, but the study was done in the Phoenix Metro area, so I thought it was interesting:

• This short communication addresses that gap by presenting the first vehicle-based traverse measurements of air temperature in residential neighborhoods downwind of operational data centers.
• ... downwind air temperature warming as high as 2.2 °C, with average downwind air temperatures 0.7–0.9 °C warmer than corresponding upwind areas
• The 36 MW Mesa facility rejects waste heat equivalent to the electricity consumption of approximately 40,000 households
• the 169 MW Chandler campus is equivalent to over 180,000 households
• The Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area, is among the fastest-growing hyperscale markets, hosting facilities by NTT, CyrusOne, EdgeCore, Iron Mountain, Stream, and Apple, with hundreds of megawatts of operational capacity and thousands more proposed

Under President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility and facing questions about birthday gifts sent over Zelle. A crisis in Arizona offers a warning for America.