✉news EnvironmentEnvironment first seen 1 d ago, last 16 h ago, peak #3
Data Centers Face Scrutiny Over Environmental Impact
Original: How Data Centers Can Be Bad for the Environment: What To Know
A Newsweek explainer outlines how data centers can harm the environment, pointing to their heavy electricity and water consumption and the associated carbon emissions. As artificial intelligence and cloud services drive rapid growth in data center construction worldwide, communities and regulators are increasingly questioning the industry's energy demands, water use, and effects on local power grids and climate goals.
Why now: Rapid growth of AI and cloud computing is intensifying public concern about the energy and water footprint of data centers.
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