While nuclear energy is often presented as the potential 'clean' solution for powering the vast number of US data centers currently under construction, the reality is that other, less sustainable energy solutions are often used to plug the gap.
Wired has been examining air permits for several new natural gas projects linked to 11 data center campuses, and has determined they have the potential to emit more greenhouse gases than the country of Morocco in 2024. And unfortunately, the news mostly gets worse from there.
The gas projects are being developed as part of an effort to provide power solely for data center usage, bypassing the traditional grid. Each has either been announced or is currently under construction, and as a result, has had to submit publicly-viewable air permits to suitable US st...
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