2026-11-01 20:31 UTC
New Data Centers in the US Set to Wipe Out 15 Years of Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Somewhat misleading title, as they are referring to pollution reduction efforts solely in the US, not worldwide.
Nearly 15 years worth of hard-won pollution reduction efforts are set to be undone in the United States, as a wave of data centers powered by gas plants enters construction.
Unpaywalled version of the Bloomberg article here: archive.li/9Ts5f
This is only if all the planned data centre buildouts go ahead, mind you
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@lurker@awful.systems 2026-11-01 20:33
Doing a little of my own math: Article says the US will emit 2.1 billion metric tons of carbon by 2030. Using a metric tons to gigatons conversion gives us 2.1 gigatons. Using this as a reference, these projected emissions shouldn’t even come close to scratching the global average
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@BioMan@awful.systems 2026-11-01 23:49
That appears to assume that all the ridiculous datacenter numbers put out by all the various hyperscalers that are not actually going to happen, happen, and get power sources built on time.