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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tom Perkins

FOUND: Datacenters driving us clean energy growth while still threatening climate | Mind Blowing Facts

a person holds a sign that reads 'we say no to the data center'
Rural Michigan residents rally against the $7 billion Stargate data center planned on southeast Michigan farm land. Protesters say the Data Center is being fast tracked by DTE Energy, the large electric utility, and that it could raise residential electricity rates and endanger the water supply. 1 December 2025 Photograph: UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Datacenters are driving unprecedented growth in the US clean energy industry, paradoxically boosting a sector that was sputtering before the artificial intelligence boom even as AI’s rollout creates immense environmental challenges.

However, observers caution that while the centers are propelling wind, solar, and other clean energy companies, datacenters remain a climate nightmare.

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