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Data Center Backlash Not Yet a Climate Reckoning, WIRED Argues
Original: The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet
WIRED argues that growing public and political resistance to data centers, driven by energy demands and local impacts, should be framed as a climate reckoning but so far is not. The piece contends the backlash focuses on siting and costs while missing the industry's broader carbon footprint, and urges climate to become central to the debate.
Why now: Data center energy use and its climate impact are under growing scrutiny as AI expansion accelerates.
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