Trump weakens pollution rules for AI data centers
trump administration rolls back environmental regulations to speed up ai data center construction, raising health risks for americans.
the trump administration has rolled back dozens of environmental regulations and cut staff and funding at the us epa, in an effort to speed up the construction of ai data centers. former epa officials warn that this will increase health risks for americans, even for those who don't live near a data center, as the wave of new ai data centers is increasingly powered by dirty energy. a report by the environmental protection network identifies 30 federal actions that exacerbate health risks stemming from data center pollution, including 17 that specifically mention ai or target data centers. the officials are urging the president to adopt a 'data center health protection pledge' to signal that the administration is taking the environmental threat seriously.