Slaughter Square on Wall Street; Will the US midterm elections be a bloodbath for artificial intelligence?
▫ The American and Asian stock markets fell sharply after the mid-term elections in the USA; so that in one day about 2.5 trillion dollars of the value of the American technology companies were lost.
▫ The main concern of investors was the possibility of limiting the construction of data centers after the victory of the Democrats. These centers are the main infrastructure of the artificial intelligence activity, and large technology companies have invested heavily in their development in recent years.
▫ Data centers have faced widespread public opposition due to the high consumption of electricity and water, the costs they impose on energy bills, the occupation of land and noise pollution. Surveys show that about half of American voters consider this issue important in the election, and three quarters of them oppose the establishment of such facilities in their places of residence.
▫ This video report was prepared by the BBC English news channel and Eco-Iran is showing it with Persian subtitles.