AI* data centers/environmental concerns

Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says

Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’

One of East Coast’s largest data centers accused of ‘violating federal law'

Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators

How much of a problem is AI’s water use?

AI’s water footprint is growing, but location and cooling technology make a difference.

The Fight Against Google’s Minnesota Data Centers - UNICORN RIOT

Minnesota residents are organizing against proposed hyperscale data centers, especially Google-linked projects in Pine Island and Hermantown, citing secrecy through NDAs, inadequate environmental review, and issues with water use, electricity, noise pollution and more.

AI電力網は国民負担？　大手電力が「6000億円分」値上げ申請

生成AIの「Chat（チャット）GPT」や「Gemini（ジェミニ）」を使うコストは――。生成AIサービスを使う人も使わない人も同じく、データセンターを支える電力網の整備費は電気料金の一部として支払う。その負担が膨張する見通しだ。大量の計算をするAIサービス基盤となる大規模データセンターは多くの電力を消費する。電力供給網の整備コストは、最終的に家庭・企業に転嫁される。送電網を担う会社が「託送

Anti-AI Populism is Reshaping American Politics

Democrats are winning on data center opposition. So are Republicans.

データセンター建設問題、なぜ住宅地に…「危険物」貯蔵施設として法整備を　自治体を越えて住民ら連携強化：東京新聞デジタル

住宅密集地などでのデータセンター（DC）建設に反発する首都圏の地域住民らが連携を強化している。事業者側との「紛争状態」が深まる一方、住...

Elon Musk's Memphis AI empire is the epicenter of the data center backlash

Data center-related policy proposals, protests and litigation are underway across the country citing Colossus and Memphis as a cautionary tale.

Thousands in US expected to protest against ICE, datacenters and voter suppression this weekend

Demonstrations planned across the US this weekend will focus on three issues likely to define the midterm elections

AI Data Centers Use Far More Water Than Most Tech Giants Report

Water used at the power plants that supply electricity to data centers can be much greater than the water used in the data centers themselves.

AIデータセンターの水使用、公表値よりはるかに多い | ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル日本版から | ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル日本版

＜CHRISTOPHER MIMS/2026年7月6日＞ 　マイクロソフトやグーグル、アマゾン・ドット・コムなどのIT大手は今年と昨年、人工知能（AI）インフラの整備に推計1兆ドル（約160兆円）を支出している。データセンターの電源によっては、一部地域では各社が報告しているよりもはるかに多くの水が使

Have Data Centers Raised Your Electric Bill? Causal Evidence from the United States

We estimate that data centers caused average retail electricity rates to fall modestly in the United States from 2015 to 2024 using an instrumental variables approach. Despite prevailing sentiment, the finding is consistent with economic reasoning: existing large power system fixed costs, economies of scale in transmission and distribution, and declining unit costs for generation imply that durable demand growth lowers average prices. We find patterns of economies of scale for transmission, distribution, and generation costs as well as within and across retail customer classes. We caution that future supply constraints could reverse the effect.

データセンターは本当に一般市民の電気料金値上げの原因なのか？

AIブームに伴うデータセンターの増加を受け、アメリカでは大手テクノロジー企業が発電や送電にかかる追加費用を公平に負担すると約束する一方、一般利用者の電気料金に費用が転嫁されるのではないかとの懸念が広がっています。フロリダ大学でエネルギー研究ディレクターを務めるセオドア・J・キュリー氏が、データセンター向けの電力設備費がどのように電気料金へ割り振られるのかを解説しています。

It may be almost impossible to make data centers pay their ‘fair share’ of electricity costs

Setting a price for power might seem straightforward, but in reality it’s extremely complicated – and residential customers have very little influence in the decision.

Will AI really consume more electricity than the US produces? - Poynter

President Trump said AI could need nearly twice the nation’s electricity, but credible projections put its future share at no more than 25%

Meta’s Bacterial Mystery Could Poison the Data Center Well

Water pollution in Wyoming has big implications for the future of data center development.