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AI Data Centers Could Erase 15 Years of US Climate Progress by 2030

Original: AI Data Centers Could Erase 15 Years of America's Climate Progress by 2030

A new analysis warns that the rapid expansion of AI data centers across the United States could undo roughly fifteen years of the country's climate progress by 2030. surging electricity demand from artificial intelligence infrastructure threatens to push emissions back up even as other sectors decarbonize. Commentators are debating whether tech companies' clean energy pledges can keep pace with their growing compute needs.

Why now: Concern is mounting over the environmental cost of the AI boom and its soaring energy demands.

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