yeah but they will all be eventually powered by SMRs, same as Bitcoin miners
https://techpolicy.press/data-center-boom-risks-health-of-already-vulnerable-communities
AI data centers cause a lot of pollution
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if true, that’s better than nothing I guess. Though I need to look up what SMRs are.
However, based on a video posted to reddit, someone’s grandpa has already died from a respiratory illness related to AI data center pollution. And their young-adult granddaughter now has a serious respiratory illness.
so, the point is, prevention should’ve happened at the start. Because COVID already happened… Canadian wildfires causing nyc skies to turn yellow already happened … plus a whole history of industrial pollution has already happened.
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20251008-why-big-tech-is-going-nuclear
SMR = Small Modular Nuclear Reactor
“Why big tech's nuclear plans could blow up” (Oct 2025)
Article summary: it’s complex, risky, difficult to scale. Three Mile Island was mentioned.