Talk:Data center

AI-generated text

Hi -- I have flagged this as likely containing AI-generated text (which violates our guidelines). This comes from multiple edits, and honestly some of the older edits are suspect, but I'll just mention the ones I am more sure about:

• The edits by Andywu1115, such as these and these, may be AI-rewritten (I don't think they are AI-generated); at the very least, their talk page comments and edit summaries very much seem AI-generated in full (see WP:AISIGNS for indicators of that).
• The article rewrites by Paigebypaige here seem to be AI: more AI edit summaries (and specifically, their 2025 summaries read like 2025 AI summaries and their 2026 summaries read the 2026 ones, which is consistent with LLM model release breakpoints and the data we have on AI edit summaries on Wikipedia), and turning things into AI puffery like Data centers are the foundation of the digital infrastructure that powers the modern economy. They also introduce changes of meaning that may not be verified in the sources anymore. Their posts such as this are also AI.
• The edits by Saurav.eu here. These are the most obvious AI output: superficial analyses (highlights power imbalances in resource management, highlight how corporate sustainability pledges, such as carbon neutrality targets by companies like Microsoft and Google, often rely on offsets and renewable subsidies, These conflicts underscore calls for equitable governance), overgeneralization (Scholars argue that these facilities reshape urban and rural landscapes), etc.

Also, the edit history seems to indicate that several issues have already been found with this stuff, though the (likely) root cause does not seem to have been identified. Gnomingstuff (talk) 18:42, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Pangram AI detector suggests all of the text added to the article by Andywu1115 is AI-generated (as does, you know, reading it). I propose removing the sections altogether unless a different procedure has been established for this situation. jennaab (talk) 21:38, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

"up to 2 megawatt hours (MWh)"

The lead section says According to Terry Nguyen and Ben Green of the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition, a single data center can "consume up to 2 megawatt hours (MWh)," the same as "the equivalent power consumption of a small town." The sentence does not state over what period the 2 MWh are consumed. The cited source says A single data center can consume up to 2 megawatt hours of power—equivalent to the power used by 2,000 homes—and millions of gallons of water annually for cooling, straining local resources and infrastructure. If the "annually" applies to the 2 MWh figure, that would result in an implausibly low average power consumption of 228 W (less than a single PC running at maximum load).

It is possible that they meant a single data centre can consume 2 MW – but if they don't know the difference between a MWh and a MW, they are clearly not a reliable source on this topic. I propose removing the sentence.

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Un assiolo (talk) 20:03, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

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