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Data Center Impacts in the West: Policy Solutions for Water and Energy Use by Western Resource Advocates
This report by Western Resource Advocates analyzes the economic and environmental impacts of data centers in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, focusing on policy solutions for water and energy use.
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Health Impacts Vantage Data Center Report (Piedmont Environmental Council)
This report details public health impacts associated with the Vantage Data Center in Virginia, addressing issues related to water quality and quantity. It includes analyses from EmPower Analytics Group LLC, highlighting environmental concerns and potential health effects.
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Global data center expansion and human health: A call for empirical research
Researchers map the water-energy-carbon nexus of data center expansion, projecting nearly 1,300 U.S. air-pollution deaths per year by 2030 and a public health burden above $20 billion. Hyperscale facilities consume 3 to 7 million gallons of potable water daily for cooling, and diesel generators push on-site noise past 96 decibels.
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Water Impacts ǀ State Policy Toolkits for Data Center Regulation – Climate XChange
Climate XChange reviews over 140 data center bills across 34 states and compiles state-level policy tools to address water consumption, wastewater impacts and rising rates. Highlights bills from West Virginia, Maryland and Illinois that limit usage, require disclosure and shift infrastructure costs back to facility operators.
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Impacts of Projected Data Center Growth and Emerging Uncertainties on Power Demand in the Southeast
Greenlink Analytics and Science for Georgia project data-center electricity demand in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina at 2.4 to 6.7 GW over five to six years. Utilities forecast roughly 10 GW — a level Monte Carlo simulations give a 0.2 percent chance of occurring. The higher projections drive proposed gas power plant and…
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The AI Climate Hoax — Ketan Joshi
This report, supported by a coalition of climate and digital rights organizations, interrogates the claim that AI will help solve climate change. It finds that most cited climate benefits come from older, smaller machine learning models rather than generative AI, and that the evidence for these benefits is weak. Meanwhile, big tech companies are veering…
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NEW POLLING: Research on AI Data Centers, Costs, and Pollution | Climate Power
Polling reveals that 64% of voters are concerned about rising utility costs from AI data centers, with 66% trusting their governor over federal officials to manage local impacts. Support for clean energy-powered data centers exceeds opposition to fossil fuel-powered ones by substantial margins.
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms