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All AI Data Centers Under Construction Could Emit as Much CO₂ as 24 Million Cars
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this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2026
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Yes the number is large, but you must weigh the environmental cost against the many benefits we as a society have gained from teaching computers how to incorrectly summarize emails and somehow even simple excel spreadsheets