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Data centers could erase decades of air quality gains
A rush of new data centers could bring air pollution roaring back to levels not seen since the 2000s in Texas, which has become ground zero for the physical infrastructure behind generative AI. New and proposed data centers are demanding a tremendous amount of electricity. How developers and utiliti
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Data centers could erase decades of air quality gains
RSS · The Verge AI · 5h ago
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A rush of new data centers could bring air pollution roaring back to levels not seen since the 2000s in Texas, which has become ground zero for the physical infrastructure behind generative AI. New and proposed data centers are demanding a tremendous amount of electricity. How developers and utiliti
Texas data center boom could erase decades of progress on air quality
HACKERNEWS · Hacker News · 10h ago · ▲ 46 · 💬 24
score 167