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More Domestic Chip-Making Means More ‘Forever Chemicals’
Each modern chip fab requires 200 to 300 metric tons of PFA fluoropolymers — persistent "forever chemicals" linked to cancers and groundwater contamination. Chemours, the only U.S. manufacturer, plans up […]
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Analyzing air pollution health, economic risks from AI data centers
Harvard biostatistician Michael Cork estimates $53 million to $99 million in annual health damages from air pollution at a single Virginia data center. His analyses across facilities in Virginia, West […]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §64-10-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Commerce to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data center. (HB 4983, WV)
Reauthorizes a tax break for data centers and microgrids with a rule package that requires applicants to state if the project impacts sensitive locations or deprives nearby land of access […]
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To increase funding for EMS first responders. (HB 5168, WV)
Includes a requirement for certified data centers to pay county service fees (and stipulates that they are to benefit from county services).
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms