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6:31Now PlayingDonald Trump's scheme to sell the public on data centers in their communities gets blown apart as devastating consequences are revealed in data and even Republican leaders are reconsidering data center construction plans. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Trump’s Vision for A.I. Dominance Comes With Major Air Pollution
"In March, a developer working on a Meta data center in El Paso applied to power the site with a gas-burning plant large enough to supply electricity to 300,000 homes.
Typically, approving a big power plant might require public hearings and months of detailed vetting. But Texas environmental regulators signed off in just 20 days.
They approved another project in three days. And an even larger data center power plant, also gas-burning, won approval in just two days.
All without public notice."
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