Local authorities in Reno and Sparks, Nevada, are approving large-scale data centres that power artificial intelligence systems used in military operations abroad while expanding domestic camera networks. United States police departments maintain close ties with the Israeli military, which uses AI technologies for surveillance and targeting in Gaza and the West Bank, and hosts American officers for training. This process, supported by United States taxpayer funding, creates a feedback loop where refined military models are brought back to help domestic police surveil citizens and potentially quash dissent. Meanwhile, the generative AI data centres in Northern Nevada produce noise pollution, create few jobs, and risk permanently contaminating groundwater within the Great Basin.

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