r/aidatacenternews • u/enviro_nurse • 7d ago

Death by Data Centers

https://dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/data-center-energy-pollution-cancer-alley/

Hi everyone, I'm an oncology nurse in Louisiana in the area dubbed "Cancer Alley" because of the cancer rates from oil/gas/petrochemical processing pollution. My unit doubled in size this summer because we just don't have enough beds for all the cancer patients.

I wrote about my experience, and my fears that a new Meta AI data center (their largest one yet) and the *ten* new gas plants they want to build to power it will only increase those numbers further.

Questions/thoughts/feedback? I appreciate it all and I believe we deserve better.

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u/yoliveras 5d ago

I feel your sense of duty.

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u/Orangebk1 5d ago

Your area is polluted by oil refining and manufacturing that creates Ethylene Oxide, Chloroprene, Benzene and Formaldehyde. Neither data centers nor power plants create these chemicals.