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New Mexico and El Paso Spent Millions on Climate Plans. Three New Data Centers Could Undo Them.
The three projects could emit up to 10 million tons of greenhouse gases a year, while regulators weigh water use and power costs.
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El Paso and New Mexico set ambitious climate goals. Their plans didn’t account for massive new data centers
The three data centers planned for the El Paso–southern New Mexico region, home to 1.2 million people, stand out for their combined scale. Each will have its own power plant, and together they could emit greenhouse gases equivalent to more than 2 million cars annually.
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The Gilmer MirrorNew Mexico and El Paso Spent Millions on Climate Plans. Three New Data Centers Could Undo Them.
Officials in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, made plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Neither plan took into account how the construction of three new data centers could upend climate goals in both places.
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