Former EPA officials: Trump is letting data centers make people sick

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By Sophie HurwitzSep 20, 2026, 9:00 am93 ptsTrending
While tech oligarchs grandstand about the existential danger AI superintelligence poses to humanity, former Environmental Protection Agency officials say we should be worried about a more immediate threat to our health: the data centers that power those AI models. The former EPA researchers, now working with…

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