AI runs on dirty power — and the public pays the price

businessinsider.com/ai-runs-dirty-power-and-the-public-pays-the-price-2025-6

An Amazon data center in a formerly rural neighborhood in Ashburn, Virginia.
Greg Kahn for BI
The data center boom is driving utilities to torpedo renewable energy goals and rely on fossil fuels, pushing data centers' expected air-pollution-related public health costs to between $5.7…

This story appeared on businessinsider.com, 2025-06-18 18:07:08.
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