Big Tech's AI Boom Runs On Toxic Air

Big Tech is building AI data centre campuses in the Permian Basin, the world's most polluting oil field, powered by natural gas infrastructure that will lock in decades of emissions. Texas has over 80 gigawatts of new power plants planned, roughly half for data centres, whilst regulators struggle to monitor toxic air exposure.

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