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· by amarten.bsky.social ·4h ago · view on bsky.app ↗

Trump’s Vision for A.I. Dominance Comes With Major Air Pollution (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

The president’s push for data centers is driving a boom in gas-burning power plants. Texas is leading the way.

This is just an analysis of electric consumption and related pollution. It doesn't touch on water used by hyperscalers. Most of the West especially many parts of Texas are deserts. 70% of Americans DON'T want these data centers. #Hyperscaler #DataCenters #AI #GenAI www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...
#ai#datacenters#genai#hyperscaler

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Alex Marten 🇧🇷🇺🇸🇺🇦🇸🇾🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ · 1 · 4h ago
When the El Paso facility’s power plant is complete, it could emit as much planet-warming carbon dioxide in a year as 360,000 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles, each driven for the average distance logged by American drivers in a year.