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A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant
Google's new data center will emit millions of tons of CO2 annually. The AI infrastructure reality nobody wants to talk about.
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Why it matters
This reveals the environmental cost of AI infrastructure scaling, as tech giants prioritize compute capacity over climate commitments to meet AI demand.
The key facts
3 to knowNew Google data center powered by natural gas plant
Emissions of millions of tons per year
Part of an industry-wide trend toward gas-powered data centers
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Wired AIwired.com
Publisher excerpt: Documents show that one of Google’s new data centers would be powered by a natural gas plant that emits millions of tons of emissions each year—an increasingly common trend in the industry.