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Big Data Centers, Big Problems: The surging environmental and consumer costs of AI, crypto and big data

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Data center electricity demand could rise up to 166% by 2030, delaying at least 9,100 MW of fossil fuel plant retirements and driving a projected 20% electricity price increase in the Mid-Atlantic.

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Quentin Good, Frontier Group Johanna Neumann, Environment America Research & Policy Center Abe Scarr, U.S. PIRG Education Fund R.J. Cross, U.S. PIRG Education Fund
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U.S. PIRG Education Fund

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