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Data Centers Have a PFAS Problem
In Virginia's Loudoun County, data centers use PFAS — forever chemicals — in cooling systems. Refrigerant gases escape with global warming potential thousands of times higher than CO2, and immersion […]
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An act relating to a temporary moratorium on AI data centers and a report on the construction and operation of AI data centers in Vermont (S.205, VT)
Moratorium on AI data centers until 2030. Public Utility Commission to report by 2027 on impacts from such data centers, including: energy load, water usage, environment, grid reliability, rates, economic […]
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Vermont Sustainable Data Centers Act (H.727, VT)
Public Utility Commission to only approve data center contracts with electric utilities that mitigate costs falling on other customers, including minimum payments, collateral to mitigate stranded costs, and efficiency requirements. […]
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms