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Data centers could send US climate pollution skyrocketing

Global Published 29 October 2026, 22:10 · archived 29 Oct 2026

The US power sector could release 42 percent more planet-heating carbon dioxide pollution by 2030 than it did in 2025 as it builds out more fossil fuel infrastructure to meet data center electricity demand, according to a new analysis by the Sierra Club. That would essentially wipe out 15 years of greenhouse gas reductions. CO2 […]

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