120GW of New Gas Plants for AI Data Centers Spark Environmental Backlash
jathansadowski · x · 2026-08-12
Reports indicate the US is massively expanding fossil-fuel-powered data centers, with over 120 GW of new gas-burning plants in development to meet compute demands. The author criticizes the severe smog, acid rain, and health crises this will cause, merely to run more GPUs for tech giants.
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