Credit: Ceres greenhouse
This is ingenious and yet another example of how free market capitalism is superior to every other economic system on earth. You likely know that artificial intelligence (AI) and the data centers that are needed to offer AI to the masses have some downsides. Namely, data centers (and the gas-fired power plants that power them) produce a lot of heat, and the power plants produce a lot of carbon dioxide (CO2). Instead of viewing those as negatives, what if we viewed them as positives---as opportunities? That's how Shawn Cutter, a sixth-generation Ohio farmer and an entrepreneur in the energy and tech sectors, sees it. He's pitching the concept of co-locating greenhouses with data centers and gas-fired power plants to capture and use the heat and CO2 (which plants need) to grow fresh produce in the winter in Ohio. Brilliant!
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