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Google To Help Upgrade Homes For Energy Efficiency
Google announced plans Thursday to send $10 million from the Energy Impact Program to the West Virginia Office of Energy to help lower energy bills by making homes and community buildings more energy efficient.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHow Residents Of A W.Va. Tourist Destination Are Responding To Data Center Development
Dan Parks has been reporting on data center development in Tucker County, West Virginia. Parks writes a Substack called Country Roads News, which covers a rural county that’s home to Dolly Sods, Canaan Valley, Blackwater Falls and about 6,700 people. Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams spoke to Parks about his reporting.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAppalachian Artists Sing Their Opposition To Data Centers
Appalachia has a rich history of protest music. Today, some regional musicians are using their voices to oppose data centers being built across Appalachia and the artificial intelligence they power. Folkways Reporter Andrea “river” Peterson has more.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCrochet World Tangled Up With AI Is A Knotty Problem
AI proponents say the technology will revolutionize our lives. It’s also started a conversation about creativity and what’s really art. That applies to kinds of expression that seem to have nothing to do with machines, like crochet. Folkways Reporter Wendy Welch brings us this story of how crocheters found AI invading their communal spaces and what they plan to do about it.
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Data Centers, Inside Appalachia
This week, data centers are rapidly expanding into rural parts of Appalachia, and folks say they are having trouble finding information about these projects. Also, artificial intelligence is disrupting human art, including fiber arts like crochet. And folks are pushing back, like they always have — with song.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLatest ‘Inside Appalachia’ Explores Data Center Debate, This West Virginia Morning
Inside Appalachia this week explores data centers and artificial intelligence (AI). As part of this special episode, host Mason Adams spoke with Dan Parks, a journalist who writes a Substack called Country Roads News. He's been covering data center development in Tucker County. We listen to an excerpt.
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