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The AI Boom Will Increase US Carbon Emissions—but It Doesn’t Have To

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A new analysis finds that data centers’ energy demands will drastically increase power plant emissions over the next decade. Renewables, though, could cut them while helping keep prices from rising.

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The exponential growth of data centres, driven by the rise of AI and cloud, leads to a rapid increase in energy consumption and CO2 emissions. By 2030, data centres could account for more than 3% of global emissions, double what they represented in 2024. In addition, there are increasingly visible environmental and territorial impacts according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Goldman Sachs Research, for its part, derives from IEA data …

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Global Security Mag Online broke the news in on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
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