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Multiple municipalities taking steps to regulate data centers

While recent meetings in South Strabane Township have drawn intense public interest as officials have considered an ordinance on data centers, multiple other municipalities have also been working on the issue. In Union Township, elected officials passed an ordinance regulating data centers ...

Shapiro: AI poses ‘real risk’ to students

CARNEGIE — To many observers, artificial intelligence (AI) is kind of like the Wild West – unruly, untamed, a realm where it seems like just about anything goes. Leading a roundtable discussion on AI in Carnegie Friday afternoon at a branch of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Western ...

Potential data center dominates conversation in South Strabane

Despite the topic not appearing on the agenda, South Strabane residents turned out in big numbers Tuesday to voice concerns about a potential AI data center in the township. The public comment portion of Tuesday’s meeting lasted nearly an hour, with discussion focusing mostly on the CNX ...

AI, data centers among topics addressed at W&J energy conference

The atmosphere inside Washington & Jefferson College’s Burnett Center was electric on Tuesday during the Pennsylvania Energy Ecosystem Conference. The ever-evolving energy industry was the focus of a five-hour event at Yost Auditorium, presented by the college’s Center for Energy ...

Using AI in the classroom

Q. I start high school soon. In my freshman orientation packet there was a note saying AI is not permitted. I get that they don’t want us to write our papers using AI, but isn’t AI what you use when you search online? Do you think they’re saying we can’t do that? That’s unrealistic. ...

‘New era of engineering’

Ansys, the esteemed simulation software company based at Southpointe, is stepping up its AI game. And so is the Sunnyvale, Calif., firm that acquired it. The $35 billion deal with Synopsys, initially announced in January 2024, was completed in mid-July amid great expectations from both sides ...