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A massive new gas plant in Texas will be built with much less efficient technology than regular gas plants. It's far from the only data center power project to rely on dirty turbines. Studying Engineering Courses

New research finds that by making the fossil fuel industry more productive, AI could help increase carbon emissions by up to nearly 5 percent — vastly outpacing the impact of data centers.

“People have talked about the Colorado River crisis for decades—we're now in it,” says one expert. “Everyone you talk to is like, ‘Shit, man.'”

There’s no clearer sign of the data center boom than rampant gas projects that have been proposed or that are already under construction.

More than 15 politicians from across the country have signed on to the AI Pact, vowing to regulate data centers and AI. “We've got to get this right,” says Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn.

Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses.

27 pts Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses.

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Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses. This story was originally published by WIRED