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A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year.

wrd.cmNew Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire NationsA WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year.

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Imagine paying 3x electricity bills just so you can enjoy the worst air quality since the age of coal and a collapsing climate that kills crops so you can't afford food, either. Maybe Oligarchy is bad, actually.

They've changed the weather in places... There is something sinister about these data centers. The security and the speed with which they're being built, is NOT for the advancement of medicine or engineering. Something else is going on. And it's probably got something to do with watching us...

The governments of the entire planet need to require such data centers to build and generate their OWN power with renewable energy (solar, wind, battery backup, etc.). NO WAY should citizens have to pay for their selfish consumption, let alone with dirty polluting fossil fuels.

129M tons is the permitted ceiling, not what they'll actually run. The deeper story is why gas: nuclear and new transmission permits take 8+ years, gas turbines take 2. AI buildouts didn't pick fossil fuels. They exposed how unfit the U.S. grid pipeline is for fast load growth.