AI data center gas buildout could cost over $5.6 billion a year in health impacts
AINowInstitute · x · 2026-10-29
AI Now Institute argues the industry's "Bring Your Own Power" pitch is a false fix that amounts to more gas-powered data centers. New research maps the health damage: gas generation for AI could cost over $5.6 billion per year in health impacts, with Texas and Pennsylvania alone making up nearly a third of the cost.
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