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Planned US Data Centers Set to Produce 24M Cars' Worth Of Carbon Dioxide
A Cornell-led analysis says the build-out could equal 24 million cars, as utilities add gas and coal capacity to serve around-the-clock demand.
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How many cars’ worth of CO2 will US data centres really emit?
A new study out of Cornell has handed the AI industry’s climate critics a fresh statistic to wield, and the internet has duly rounded it up. Planned US data centres, one widely shared headline announced, are set to produce as much carbon dioxide as 24 million cars. The figure is arresting. It is also a […] This story continues at The Next Web
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Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta are accelerating the construction of huge data centers in the United States. Once in service, 60 of these sites could generate 101.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year through their electricity consumption. This could seriously crack the US Big Tech's climate promises.
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