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Data centers could erase decades of air quality gains

Global Published 22 October 2026, 03:33 · archived 21 Oct 2026

A rush of new data centers could bring air pollution roaring back to levels not seen since the 2000s in Texas, which has become ground zero for the physical infrastructure behind generative AI. New and proposed data centers are demanding a tremendous amount of electricity. How developers and utilities meet that demand - with gas […]

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