Data center health impacts, from a new piece in The Lancet:
- The PM2·5 released from training a large AI model is more than that emitted during 10,000 round trips by car between Los Angeles and New York City
- Public health costs from air pollution attributed to data centres in the US alone projected to reach $10b-$20b per year by 2028
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00033-4/fulltext?rss=yes