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US datacenter discharged pollution for nearly a year without permits
Original: US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits
A datacenter in the United States discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year without holding the required permits, according to a Guardian report. The case has drawn attention to the environmental footprint of rapidly expanding datacenter infrastructure, with critics pointing to weak oversight of emissions and wastewater from facilities powering cloud computing and artificial intelligence.
Why now: Growing public scrutiny of the environmental impact of datacenters as AI and cloud computing drive rapid expansion.
Evidence
- US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits · The Guardian
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