Dallas College students hope to engineer chips for supercomputers powering AI data centers | NBCDFW
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In the industrial'}, {'start': '27.199', 'end': '30.920', 'text': 'automation lab at Dallas College,'}, {'start': '29.039', 'end': '33.520', 'text': 'students program and run an assembly'}, {'start': '30.920', 'end': '35.440', 'text': 'line. These robots could make parts for'}, {'start': '33.520', 'end': '37.840', 'text': 'almost anything. I got the code right'}, {'start': '35.440', 'end': '39.920', 'text': 'here. But artificial intelligence, I'}, {'start': '37.840', 'end': '42.559', 'text': "mean, of course, it's the it's the new"}, {'start': '39.920', 'end': '45.360', 'text': 'thing career-wise for me. It just gives'}, {'start': '42.559', 'end': '47.520', 'text': 'me another place to look up to.'}, {'start': '45.360', 'end': '49.120', 'text': 'Chipmaker Nvidia has chosen Dallas as'}, {'start': '47.520', 'end': '51.840', 'text': "one of two Texas cities where they'll"}, {'start': '49.120', 'end': '53.440', 'text': 'build AI supercomputers. Experts say it'}, {'start': '51.840', 'end': '55.360', 'text': 'could jumpst start an industry bringing'}, {'start': '53.440', 'end': '57.600', 'text': 'millions in investment and thousands of'}, {'start': '55.360', 'end': '60.239', 'text': 'jobs to North Texas. I think that it'}, {'start': '57.600', 'end': '62.399', 'text': 'really um you know for them they hear'}, {'start': '60.239', 'end': '65.199', 'text': "about AI and and how it's the future."}, {'start': '62.399', 'end': '67.760', 'text': 'And so to be involved in building that'}, {'start': '65.199', 'end': '69.280', 'text': 'future is amazing. These Dallas College'}, {'start': '67.760', 'end': '71.040', 'text': "students are in the school's fame"}, {'start': '69.280', 'end': '73.439', 'text': 'program which lets them work as'}, {'start': '71.040', 'end': '75.840', 'text': 'apprentices while earning their degree.'}, {'start': '73.439', 'end': '78.000', 'text': 'N Martinez already uses these robots to'}, {'start': '75.840', 'end': '80.560', 'text': "build car parts for GM. You're able to"}, {'start': '78.000', 'end': '82.560', 'text': "create programs. Right now it's showing"}, {'start': '80.560', 'end': '84.960', 'text': 'like how to create a small circle.'}, {'start': '82.560', 'end': '87.280', 'text': 'Students sometimes using AI programs to'}, {'start': '84.960', 'end': '89.200', 'text': 'help them design their projects. Like my'}, {'start': '87.280', 'end': '91.360', 'text': "own little personal assistant that's"}, {'start': '89.200', 'end': '92.799', 'text': 'just right in my pocket. Now these'}, {'start': '91.360', 'end': '94.880', 'text': 'future engineers could have the chance'}, {'start': '92.799', 'end': '97.040', 'text': 'to build the engines that fuel the next'}, {'start': '94.880', 'end': '99.840', 'text': "generation of industry. Honestly, that's"}, {'start': '97.040', 'end': '101.280', 'text': 'really cool. I I I always knew that AI'}, {'start': '99.840', 'end': '102.799', 'text': 'would be like exponentially like growing'}, {'start': '101.280', 'end': '104.320', 'text': "in terms of technology, but I didn't I"}, {'start': '102.799', 'end': '105.759', 'text': 'was not expecting it to be like right'}, {'start': '104.320', 'end': '107.000', 'text': 'across the street basically. Kenan'}, {'start': '105.759', 'end': '109.439', 'text': 'Willard,'}, {'start': '107.000', 'end': '111.600', 'text': 'NBC5. There are concerns about the'}, {'start': '109.439', 'end': '114.159', 'text': 'environmental impact of the NVIDIA plant'}, {'start': '111.600', 'end': '117.200', 'text': 'on North Texas. Advocates at the Trinity'}, {'start': '114.159', 'end': '119.920', 'text': 'Coalition say a single data center can'}, {'start': '117.200', 'end': '122.000', 'text': 'consume up to 5 million gallons of water'}, {'start': '119.920', 'end': '124.320', 'text': "every day. And they're concerned about"}, {'start': '122.000', 'end': '126.479', 'text': "Nvidia's factory bringing more of these"}, {'start': '124.320', 'end': '129.200', 'text': 'plants to the region.'}, {'start': '126.479', 'end': '134.440', 'text': "We can't afford to lose millions of"}, {'start': '129.200', 'end': '134.440', 'text': 'gallons a day into the air'}]