U.S. data centers are projected to push public health costs past $20 billion by 2028, tied to roughly 600,000 asthma cases and 1,300 deaths from generator and power-plant emissions. Researchers use EPA's COBRA model to trace the toll to specific counties, then propose Health-Informed Computing to factor those costs into siting and resource decisions.
Health-Informed Computing: Estimating and Addressing the Public Health Impact of Data Centers
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Yuelin Han, Zhifeng Wu, Pengfei Li, Adam Wierman, Shaolei Ren
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June 8, 2026
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