# Data centers could send US climate pollution skyrocketing

- Source: The Verge
- Published: 2026-10-29T17:10:46+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/science/1022258/data-centers-climate-change-carbon-dioxide-pollution-gas
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/data-centers-could-send-us-climate-pollution-skyrocketing-e4bf9a/

The US power sector could release 42 percent more planet-heating carbon dioxide pollution by 2030 than it did in 2025 as it builds out more fossil fuel infrastructure to meet data center electricity demand, according to a new analysis by the Sierra Club. That would essentially wipe out 15 years of greenhouse gas reductions. CO2 […]

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