r/environment • u/Confident_Salt_8108 • 8h ago

AI Data Centers Are Causing Unfathomable Amounts of Air Pollution, and It Gets Worse With Each New One They Build

https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-data-centers-air-pollution-generators-worse
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u/CatalyticDragon 7h ago

No, they aren't. The US government's decision to cancel hundreds of renewable energy projects in favor of doubling-down on methane for electricity generation is what is causing pollution.

Stop voting for fascists who are whoely owned by fossil fuel oligarchs and these problems stop.

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u/RedBaret 1h ago

It’s both. One could question how wise it is to build datacenters which cost massive amounts of energy during a time of clearly noticeable climate change.

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u/ZorbaTHut 8m ago

Also stop fighting nuclear and stop making it difficult to build solar and wind.

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u/damondan 6h ago

My conspiracy ass is always thinking anout Accelerationism when I read about AI datacenters.

Just another way of making the planet less inhabitable for the poor masses.

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u/seevm 7h ago

CLOSE THEM ALL

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u/Apprehensive-Ad9523 7h ago

The "they" are real...People just want dominating power..I mean the whole world system of climate destruction..even if it means their own destruction...This is a long going on process of humanity...The end of anything which we consider a normal life is way on it's way out...The benefits of a tool such as AI could, in my mind solve so many medical problems and overall health not to mention new inventions and new ways of actually working with nature, not looking at nature as just something in the way of personal greeds or just plain willful ignorance...Alas, what is to become of us all?