I appreciated this methodology post from @pjarandia.bsky.social describing how he and his co-authors investigate AI's infrastructure. I think there're lessons for educators interested in doing the same w/ students, including focusing on the local, getting out in the field, and building alliances.

While Mexico tries to become a data center hub, its electric grid isn't powerful enough to keep up with the energy demand. In Queretaro, Microsoft has to use gas generators for at least one data center. Story by @pjarandia.bsky.social and @dandiba.bsky.social for @restofworld.org. bit.ly/425DjAu

🚨 Histórico: El Supremo obliga al Gobierno a entregar el código fuente de BOSCO, el programa que decide quién accede al bono social eléctrico. Una victoria tras 7 años de litigio. civio.es/novedades/20...

While reporting on the data center expansion in Mexico with @dandiba.bsky.social we found some docs in which Microsoft said they would be using gas generators to fully power on of its new centers in the region of Querétaro. @restofworld.org @pulitzercenter.org restofworld.org/2025/ai-ener...

ESPECIAL | El patio trasero de la IA. Los gigantes de internet extraen recursos básicos y acaparan terrenos para sus centros de datos en México, Chile y España. Este es un recorrido por los impactos de esos proyectos. "Más nos valdría que nos pusieran un centro de salud” elpais.com/tecnologia/2...

AI requires enormous data centers and significant amounts of energy and water to operate. AI Fellow @pjarandia.bsky.social, @dandiba.bsky.social, and Muriel Alarcón reveal how Amazon, Google, & Microsoft are building these centers in drought-prone regions of Chile, Mexico, and Spain. bit.ly/4lADqe3

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft's data centers are consuming water in drought-ridden areas and seizing land in Chile, Mexico, and Spain. AI Fellow @pjarandia.bsky.social, @dandiba.bsky.social, and Muriel Alarcón, reveal –for @elpaiscyt.bsky.social– how these centers are built. bit.ly/4lADqe3

An English version of our investigation alongside @pulitzercenter.org on the local impacts of Big Tech's AI infrastructure was just published by @elpais.com english.elpais.com/technology/2...

Amazon, Google y Microsoft han establecido sus centros de datos en el estado mexicano de Querétaro. Estos centros extraen agua de acuíferos clave que sustentan la agricultura y las comunidades locales. Por @pjarandia.bsky.social y @dandiba.bsky.social para @elpais.com. bit.ly/4oCBgx8

Los centros de datos de #Amazon, #Google y #Microsoft están acaparando tierras y consumiendo agua en zonas áridas de Chile, México y España. AI Fellow @pjarandia.bsky.social, @dandiba.bsky.social y Muriel Alarcón revelan, para @elpaiscyt.bsky.social, cómo se construyen estos centros. bit.ly/4oCBgx8

Los gigantes de internet están extrayendo recursos básicos y acaparando terrenos para la construcción de sus nuevos centros de datos en México, Chile y España. Este es un recorrido por los impactos de varios proyectos de Microsoft, Amazon y Google. elpais.com/tecnologia/2...

Pausing my summer social media break to share this excellent new investigation into Big AI's environmental footprint - across Chile, Mexico, and Spain - by @pjarandia.bsky.social. Check it out (español): elpais.com/tecnologia/2...

Hace casi dos años que empecé a trabajar la cuestión de los centros de datos. Cómo estos enormes edificios están proliferando por el planeta y por qué las Big Tech están dedicando buena parte de sus milmillonarios beneficios a levantar estas infraestructuras 🧵 elpais.com/tecnologia/2...

I wrote this article for Tactical Tech on how to engage general audiences when you do in-depth reporting on AI technologies: exposingtheinvisible.org/en/articles/...

NEW: an investigation reveals that Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's data with Europol. Frontex decided to label as “suspects” anyone mentioned during the "debriefing interviews" conducted at disembarkation points at EU’s borders. 🧵Why it matters wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...

Today we are wrapping up ZEG Festival in Tiflis. These last few days with my comrades from the AI Accountability network from @pulitzercenter.bsky.social have been beautiful and inspiring. Thanks to those that made it happen. Coming back home with great ideas and colleagues to work with 💥

For those interested on how AI infrastructure is already having an impact in our environment I recommend the work done in the last months by @conorocarroll.bsky.social and @mariadelaney.ie at The Journal Investigates. investigates.thejournal.ie/data-centres

This week I will be in Tblisi for the ZEG Storytelling Festival with my comrades of the @pulitzercenter.bsky.social AI Accountability fellowship. We have several sessions on the work we have doing in the last months 👇 Looking forward to being part of this festival and meeting new colleagues there!

Delighted to have been nominated for a Justice Media Award for my investigation with @pjarandia.bsky.social looking at Ireland's data centres. And honoured to also be nominated for Newcomer of the Year!

Delighted to be shortlisted for the 2025 Sigma Awards alongside @pjarandia.bsky.social for our investigation into data centres! The investigation revealed the huge quantities of carbon dioxide being released from data centre generators in Ireland. jrnl.ie/6702548t

I recently came back from an intense reporting trip to Latin America. I spent three weeks between Chile and Mexico doing interviews, talking to sources and meeting courageous people with powerful stories behind. I even got the chance to get into La Moneda, such a symbolic building for the region

Elon Musk's AI company lied about how it fuels energy to the massive data center used for Grok, the chatbot running on X. The center uses more than twice the number of gas turbines xAI had initially claimed. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Early this month I was invited by @globalfreemedia.bsky.social to talk about our project 'Decision Machines', a year-long investigation into the use of AI tools and predictive algorithms in several criminal justice systems across Europe. investigativejournalismforeu.net/ij4eu-confid...

Ahora La conquista del feed sale los lunes para rotar reportajitos con panorámicas para no perdernos esta semana. Hoy, el mundo financiero cruje. Silicon Valley también podría empezar a crujir... si Europa se lo propone.

En 2023 con @lighthousereports.com desvelamos la existencia de varios modelos de IA que la Seguridad Social en España usa para rastrear el fraude y evaluar los expedientes de baja temporal. Hablamos de millones de expedientes al año. Todos pasan por el filtro de esta IA en uso desde 2018.

En 2023 con @lighthousereports.com desvelamos la existencia de varios modelos de IA que la Seguridad Social en España usa para rastrear el fraude y evaluar los expedientes de baja temporal. Hablamos de millones de expedientes al año. Todos pasan por el filtro de esta IA en uso desde 2018.

A few days ago I was in a congress organized by Amazon Web Services and the regional govt of Aragón. The congress name was "The Wave". I find it a good metaphor of how server farms are spreading around the world, also in this Spanish region. The “wave” is coming as something inevitable 🧵

Si estáis esta semana por Barcelona, os recomiendo pasaros por este evento organizado desde el @canodrombcn.bsky.social, este próximo jueves. Hablará gente que sabe mucho sobre las implicaciones de la infraestructura detrás de la IA 👇

Seguridad Social rechaza desvelar detalles técnicos sobre la IA que emite un diagnóstico sobre bajas laborales y lleva el caso a la Audiencia Nacional. Expertos y sociedad civil exigen mayor transparencia. Gracias @pjarandia.bsky.social por recoger mi opinión www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/2...

¿Quién vigila a los que nos vigilan? Si la #LOPD y la Ley de #IA no contemplan sanciones para las #AAPP, son papel mojado. 😡 La Seguridad Social se niega a desvelar su #IA para rastrear bajas laborales. elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/2... Por @pjarandia.bsky.social en @elconfidencial.bsky.social 🔒

🤖 Durante 6 años la policía ha estado usando una IA para detectar denuncias falsas basándose en las palabras de la denuncia 📊 ¿Qué pasa si la denuncia incluye “autobús”? ¿Y “hombro”? ¿Y si usas “incluso”?

Segons el periodista @pjarandia.bsky.social , quan fa més de 🌡️29,4 °C, Amazon activa sistemes que gasten milers de litres d’aigua… 👁️ Qui controla el consum?

Sabies que un dels centres de dades d’Amazon a Aragó consumeix més de 💧62 milions de litres d’aigua a l’any? I només per refredar servidors! 😳 La IA sembla immaterial, però darrere hi ha litres d’aigua, tones de recursos i una 🌍 petjada ambiental gegant. Tot això ningú ho explica. Nosaltres sí! ⬇️

In 2022, Amazon Web Services started operations in Northern Spain, a territory recently affected by recurrent droughts. AI Accountability Fellow @pjarandia.bsky.social reveals the environmental footprint and water usage of these facilities. A story for @elpais.com. bit.ly/4hkGbyg

Last year I started to ask different public authorities about the use of natural resources by several data centers from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Spanish land. The debates around the environmental costs of AI are are on the rise globally, so I wanted to learn what was happening close to home.

Los invitamos a leer esta historia de nuestro AI Accountability Fellow @pjarandia.bsky.social para @elpais.com. ---- How much water do Amazon Cloud servers consume in Spain? Check out this story by our AI Accountability Fellow Pablo Jiménez Arandia for El País.

Last year I started to ask different public authorities about the use of natural resources by several data centers from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Spanish land. The debates around the environmental costs of AI are are on the rise globally, so I wanted to learn what was happening close to home.

Ayer, gracias a las compañeras de @civio.es me enteré que en las cárceles españolas se usa un algoritmo de evaluación de riesgo muy parecido a RisCanvi. Un sistema que he investigado varias veces en los últimos años y que funciona con una lógica similar en las prisiones de Cataluña. 🧵

About a year ago we kicked off the Decision Machines project. An investigation into the use of predictive algorithms by governmentss in Europe in very sensitive areas from a human-rights perspective. www.investigativejournalismforeu.net/projects/dec...

New episode of #Backlight is out! This month, we are talking about how journalists can incorporate AI reporting into their beat and hold companies and governments to account.

About a year ago we kicked off the Decision Machines project. An investigation into the use of predictive algorithms by governmentss in Europe in very sensitive areas from a human-rights perspective. www.investigativejournalismforeu.net/projects/dec...

Learn more about the work of our 2024 AI Accountability Fellow @pjarandia.bsky.social! pulitzercenter.org/people/pablo... Are you interested on reporting on AI check out our opportunities, grants, Fellowships, trainings, and resources. 👇 bit.ly/AISptlghtSpc

I am one of the many new faces who moved here recently. So here is a thread with some of the work I’ve been doing in the last few years 🧵

For the past 6 months, we have investigated at @algorithmwatch.bsky.social, together with @afpfr.bsky.social, the extent to which automated systems trigger the alerts that lead to bank account closures. We turned our findings into a podcast: "False Positives" 👇 algorithmwatch.org/en/false-pos...

Thank you so much @pjarandia.bsky.social for your brilliant work! Tune into our new podcast #FalsePositives

New year starts with the release of 'False Positives', an investigative podcast produced by @afpnews.bsky.social and @algorithmwatch.bsky.social in which I worked for several months during 2024 👇