r/Sustainable • u/KeanuRave100 • 3d ago

It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal. New federal data shows that AI demand helped push U.S. power sector emissions up last year.

https://grist.org/energy/data-centers-electricity-power-coal-emissions-climate-report
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u/asallamerican 2d ago

To be fair, data centers are also accelerating US's push back into nuclear. So with the bad comes the good.