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AI Emissions and Climate Cost — Clarity Today

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AI Emissions and Climate Cost

Greenhouse gas consequences of powering compute growth with fossil generation, including turbine efficiency and long-lived emissions lock-in.

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The AI buildout is now a gas buildout: 189 GW of plants queued for data centers

Global Energy Monitor's mid-2026 count nearly doubled in six months. Behind-the-meter gas moves fuel-price and permit risk onto whoever signs the compute contract.

Publishers:wired.com

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Hype gap+22
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