The Salt Lake Tribune on Mythryl: “In arid Utah, many data centers have pivoted away from…”

In arid Utah, many data centers have pivoted away from water-guzzling evaporative cooling in favor of closed-loop systems — but those require more electricity to run. And they’re turning to burning fossil fuels to produce that energy.

sltrib.comUtah’s massive data centers can’t get the power they need, so they’re building their ownUtah’s headlong rush to build data centers to power the AI boom is likely to rely upon fossil fuels for the foreseeable future, raising concerns about the state’s already struggling air quality.

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