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The EPA indicates that power supplied to data centers may be exempt from certain pollution laws, potentially affecting how AI infrastructure energy use is regulated.
A regulatory loophole in Texas allows AI data centers to bypass major air permits, enabling rapid fossil-fuel power plant construction with minimal public oversight, raising pollution concerns for nearby communities.
This blog post reviews recent scientific papers warning that rocket launches and satellite megaconstellations are depleting the ozone layer and polluting the upper atmosphere with metals, with implications for global warming.
The U.S. Justice Department is attempting to block a lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI for operating a power plant without permits, arguing that the data center's gas turbines are crucial for national security, including the war in Iran.
Communities near xAI's data centers in Memphis are protesting pollution from unpermitted natural gas turbines, while SpaceX prepares for a massive IPO that will fund more AI infrastructure. Local officials warn of health risks, especially in a historically Black neighborhood with high asthma rates.
The article criticizes Anthropic for making a deal with a heavily polluting fossil-fuel-powered data center, arguing that the company's ethical reputation is undeserved and that its actions contradict the narratives pushed by campaigns like QuitGPT.
Elon Musk's xAI faces a lawsuit from the NAACP over unregulated gas turbines at its Memphis data center, while SpaceX's IPO filing reveals plans to buy $2.8 billion more turbines for AI infrastructure.
A Texas drainage district discovered Tesla's lithium refinery was discharging 231,000 gallons of treated wastewater daily into a ditch without the district's knowledge, prompting complaints and an investigation that found no permit violations but did not test for heavy metals or lithium.