Leonardo
@leonardonclt.bsky.social
Visual stories at @BBGVisualData, @business. Creator of CityAccessMap.com. Opinions are my own.
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To read our full story that details why this is happening, how communities are responding and what tech companies are doing to address their water footprint, here's a gift link to the story (lifts paywall for a week): www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
www.bloomberg.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
To read our full story that details why this is happening, how communities are responding and what tech companies are doing to address their water footprint, here's a gift link to the story (lifts paywall for a week): www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
www.bloomberg.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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When Trump announced a reception and dinner for the top holders of his meme coin, crypto traders began jockeying for an invite. It's virtually impossible to know who these people are so we dug into the data. Turns out: more than half of them are probably foreign.
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Top Trump Crypto Buyers Vying for Dinner Seats Are Likely Foreign, Data Shows
The majority of top holders of Donald Trump’s memecoin have used foreign exchanges that say they ban US users, suggesting many purchasers are based abroad
www.bloomberg.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
When Trump announced a reception and dinner for the top holders of his meme coin, crypto traders began jockeying for an invite. It's virtually impossible to know who these people are so we dug into the data. Turns out: more than half of them are probably foreign.
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Our latest #crypto story:
How the #$TRUMP memecoin funnels mysterious foreign money to #POTUS and his family
w/@Anthony Cormier and @Leonardo Nicoletti
tinyurl.com/4jzkdxrn
How the #$TRUMP memecoin funnels mysterious foreign money to #POTUS and his family
w/@Anthony Cormier and @Leonardo Nicoletti
tinyurl.com/4jzkdxrn
Top Trump Crypto Buyers Vying for Dinner Seats Are Likely Foreign, Data Shows
The majority of top holders of Donald Trump’s memecoin have used foreign exchanges that say they ban US users, suggesting many purchasers are based abroad
tinyurl.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Our latest #crypto story:
How the #$TRUMP memecoin funnels mysterious foreign money to #POTUS and his family
w/@Anthony Cormier and @Leonardo Nicoletti
tinyurl.com/4jzkdxrn
How the #$TRUMP memecoin funnels mysterious foreign money to #POTUS and his family
w/@Anthony Cormier and @Leonardo Nicoletti
tinyurl.com/4jzkdxrn
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(Bloomberg) - More than half of the top holders of President Donald Trump’s memecoin — who are jockeying for dinner with the president — have used foreign exchanges that say they ban US users, suggesting that many of the purchasers are based outside the US.
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Top Trump Crypto Buyers Vying for Dinner Seats Are Likely Foreign, Data Shows
The majority of top holders of Donald Trump’s memecoin have used foreign exchanges that say they ban US users, suggesting many purchasers are based abroad
www.bloomberg.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
(Bloomberg) - More than half of the top holders of President Donald Trump’s memecoin — who are jockeying for dinner with the president — have used foreign exchanges that say they ban US users, suggesting that many of the purchasers are based outside the US.
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Wow. All but 6 of the top 25 Trump memecoin holders who registered for his contest bought their tokens on foreign crypto exchanges.
This is the most corrupt grift in presidential history.
This is the most corrupt grift in presidential history.
May 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Wow. All but 6 of the top 25 Trump memecoin holders who registered for his contest bought their tokens on foreign crypto exchanges.
This is the most corrupt grift in presidential history.
This is the most corrupt grift in presidential history.
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Trump’s contest to see who can bribe him the most through his meme coin is being dominated by foreign investors.
There’s a reason why Trump fired the ethics watchdog overseeing the executive branch, and the team investigating crypto fraud.
These are bribes, and this is corruption.
There’s a reason why Trump fired the ethics watchdog overseeing the executive branch, and the team investigating crypto fraud.
These are bribes, and this is corruption.
May 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Trump’s contest to see who can bribe him the most through his meme coin is being dominated by foreign investors.
There’s a reason why Trump fired the ethics watchdog overseeing the executive branch, and the team investigating crypto fraud.
These are bribes, and this is corruption.
There’s a reason why Trump fired the ethics watchdog overseeing the executive branch, and the team investigating crypto fraud.
These are bribes, and this is corruption.
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this is modern journalism. @wired.com "built software to systematically check the status of 1,374 government domains. The tool runs periodic scans, tracking whether sites remain accessible, how their servers respond, and if the domain names still resolve."
February 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
this is modern journalism. @wired.com "built software to systematically check the status of 1,374 government domains. The tool runs periodic scans, tracking whether sites remain accessible, how their servers respond, and if the domain names still resolve."
🚨NEW: Trump coin was no fair play🚨
We analyzed 5 million+ transactions, and found most people made ZERO profits... except for 21 whales that got in before everyone, and walked away with millions of dollars. Our latest investigation with @MuyaoShen ⤵️⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
We analyzed 5 million+ transactions, and found most people made ZERO profits... except for 21 whales that got in before everyone, and walked away with millions of dollars. Our latest investigation with @MuyaoShen ⤵️⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Trump’s Memecoin Exposes Trading Gaps in Crypto
Crypto was supposed to “democratize” finance, but small buyers remain at a disadvantage when experienced traders cash in
www.bloomberg.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🚨NEW: Trump coin was no fair play🚨
We analyzed 5 million+ transactions, and found most people made ZERO profits... except for 21 whales that got in before everyone, and walked away with millions of dollars. Our latest investigation with @MuyaoShen ⤵️⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
We analyzed 5 million+ transactions, and found most people made ZERO profits... except for 21 whales that got in before everyone, and walked away with millions of dollars. Our latest investigation with @MuyaoShen ⤵️⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
🚨 WOW, @mikhailsirenko.bsky.social @trivikrama.bsky.social and I won the Michael Breheny Prize for cityaccessmap.com 🤯
We calculated accessibility for *any city in the world and revealed stark inequalities.
journals.sagepub.com/page/epb/col...
Lookout for a V2 of the app later this year 🚨
We calculated accessibility for *any city in the world and revealed stark inequalities.
journals.sagepub.com/page/epb/col...
Lookout for a V2 of the app later this year 🚨
January 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
🚨 WOW, @mikhailsirenko.bsky.social @trivikrama.bsky.social and I won the Michael Breheny Prize for cityaccessmap.com 🤯
We calculated accessibility for *any city in the world and revealed stark inequalities.
journals.sagepub.com/page/epb/col...
Lookout for a V2 of the app later this year 🚨
We calculated accessibility for *any city in the world and revealed stark inequalities.
journals.sagepub.com/page/epb/col...
Lookout for a V2 of the app later this year 🚨
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Steep increase in data centers to run AI threatens already stressed US power grids, likely causing power distortions to nearby homes. It's probably only going to get worse as improvements to grids can't keep up. By @leonardonclt.bsky.social @naurtorious.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
www.bloomberg.com
January 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Steep increase in data centers to run AI threatens already stressed US power grids, likely causing power distortions to nearby homes. It's probably only going to get worse as improvements to grids can't keep up. By @leonardonclt.bsky.social @naurtorious.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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New AI data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals
AI Is Wreaking Havoc on Global Power Systems
New artificial intelligence data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals.
www.bloomberg.com
December 30, 2024 at 4:20 PM
New AI data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals
🚨NEW INVESTIGATION🚨
@naurtorious.bsky.social Andre Tartar and I analyzed exclusive data from ~800K sensors and found a strong link between proximity to #AI #datacenters and higher levels of distorted power, which can damage home appliances and aging grids.
tinyurl.com/AIDistortedP...
@naurtorious.bsky.social Andre Tartar and I analyzed exclusive data from ~800K sensors and found a strong link between proximity to #AI #datacenters and higher levels of distorted power, which can damage home appliances and aging grids.
tinyurl.com/AIDistortedP...
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
tinyurl.com
December 30, 2024 at 2:53 PM
🚨NEW INVESTIGATION🚨
@naurtorious.bsky.social Andre Tartar and I analyzed exclusive data from ~800K sensors and found a strong link between proximity to #AI #datacenters and higher levels of distorted power, which can damage home appliances and aging grids.
tinyurl.com/AIDistortedP...
@naurtorious.bsky.social Andre Tartar and I analyzed exclusive data from ~800K sensors and found a strong link between proximity to #AI #datacenters and higher levels of distorted power, which can damage home appliances and aging grids.
tinyurl.com/AIDistortedP...
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AI might threaten millions of jobs and make jobs that still exist much harder and undermine education and illegally scrape writing from authors and creators and worsen climate change and gobble up water supplies, sure, but at least it also might be fucking up the actual power supply to your house
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2024 at 10:01 PM
AI might threaten millions of jobs and make jobs that still exist much harder and undermine education and illegally scrape writing from authors and creators and worsen climate change and gobble up water supplies, sure, but at least it also might be fucking up the actual power supply to your house
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AI data centers are multiplying across the United States and sucking up huge amounts of power. New evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of USians. #opcanary
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2024 at 7:56 PM
AI data centers are multiplying across the United States and sucking up huge amounts of power. New evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of USians. #opcanary
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Real life is not like science fiction, where the power usage required for processing rarely, if ever, factors into the plot.
I still care very much about the ethics of AI usage but I really think its environmental and infrastructural impact desperately needs more exposure.
I still care very much about the ethics of AI usage but I really think its environmental and infrastructural impact desperately needs more exposure.
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Real life is not like science fiction, where the power usage required for processing rarely, if ever, factors into the plot.
I still care very much about the ethics of AI usage but I really think its environmental and infrastructural impact desperately needs more exposure.
I still care very much about the ethics of AI usage but I really think its environmental and infrastructural impact desperately needs more exposure.
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AI data centers are multiplying across the US and sucking up huge amounts of power. An exclusive analysis shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
www.bloomberg.com
December 29, 2024 at 4:22 PM
AI data centers are multiplying across the US and sucking up huge amounts of power. An exclusive analysis shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans
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One more reminder that webglaze serves all its users on the equivalent power of 50% of a single outdated data center GPU. Or you can run glaze on a modern laptop and glaze an image in about 2 mins. Unlike AI companies busy training the latest models, you won’t disrupt any power grids. I promise.
New evidence shows AI's thirst for power may be distorting the flow of power to US consumers (gift link):
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2024 at 10:35 PM
One more reminder that webglaze serves all its users on the equivalent power of 50% of a single outdated data center GPU. Or you can run glaze on a modern laptop and glaze an image in about 2 mins. Unlike AI companies busy training the latest models, you won’t disrupt any power grids. I promise.
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New evidence shows AI's thirst for power may be distorting the flow of power to US consumers (gift link):
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2024 at 4:31 PM
New evidence shows AI's thirst for power may be distorting the flow of power to US consumers (gift link):
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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AI data centers are multiplying across the U.S. and sucking up huge amounts of power.
New evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans
New evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2024 at 8:30 PM
AI data centers are multiplying across the U.S. and sucking up huge amounts of power.
New evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans
New evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans
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Gen ai is poisoning our power grid, stealing intellectual property, using precious water, and ruining the internet with unreliable information and garbage imagery. Don't use it, and don't normalize it, even for laughs.
New evidence shows AI's thirst for power may be distorting the flow of power to US consumers (gift link):
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Gen ai is poisoning our power grid, stealing intellectual property, using precious water, and ruining the internet with unreliable information and garbage imagery. Don't use it, and don't normalize it, even for laughs.
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Power to "AI" is actively damaging power transmission on the US grid. Not "might." Not "will." Right Now Is.
I've been seeing increasing amounts of pushback against people talking about the environmental harms of "generative AI," comparing things like the resource use of factory farming in the US.…
I've been seeing increasing amounts of pushback against people talking about the environmental harms of "generative AI," comparing things like the resource use of factory farming in the US.…
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
www.bloomberg.com
December 28, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Power to "AI" is actively damaging power transmission on the US grid. Not "might." Not "will." Right Now Is.
I've been seeing increasing amounts of pushback against people talking about the environmental harms of "generative AI," comparing things like the resource use of factory farming in the US.…
I've been seeing increasing amounts of pushback against people talking about the environmental harms of "generative AI," comparing things like the resource use of factory farming in the US.…
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Full of gratitude to receive The Michael Breheny Prize this year by Environment and Planning B: #Urban Analytics and #City Science. 🙏🏽
@leonardonclt.bsky.social did such an excellent job to convert this work into an accessible framework!
Award: doi.org/10.1177/2399...
Web: www.cityaccessmap.com
@leonardonclt.bsky.social did such an excellent job to convert this work into an accessible framework!
Award: doi.org/10.1177/2399...
Web: www.cityaccessmap.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Full of gratitude to receive The Michael Breheny Prize this year by Environment and Planning B: #Urban Analytics and #City Science. 🙏🏽
@leonardonclt.bsky.social did such an excellent job to convert this work into an accessible framework!
Award: doi.org/10.1177/2399...
Web: www.cityaccessmap.com
@leonardonclt.bsky.social did such an excellent job to convert this work into an accessible framework!
Award: doi.org/10.1177/2399...
Web: www.cityaccessmap.com
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My latest: Sitters and Standers
Interactive: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitt...
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_E...
Interactive: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitt...
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_E...
Sitters and Standers
The American worker divide: Those who sit, and those who stand
pudding.cool
November 21, 2024 at 3:53 PM
My latest: Sitters and Standers
Interactive: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitt...
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_E...
Interactive: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitt...
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_E...