# Satellite analysis finds little evidence that data centers cause widespread ground warming

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- Published: 2026-11-04T17:40:11+00:00
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A new study published in Environmental Research Letters has found little evidence that hyperscale data centers cause significant heating of surrounding land. While a previous study suggested data centers heat surrounding land by about 2 °C on average (up to 9 °C), reaching 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) away, 13 years of satellite data reveal that server waste heat causes minimal nighttime surface warm

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