Data Centers Could Drive US Power-Sector Carbon Emissions Up 42% by 2030

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A new Sierra Club analysis projects that the US power sector could emit 42 percent more carbon dioxide by 2030 than in 2025. The increase is tied to new fossil fuel infrastructure being built to meet rising electricity demand from data centers. If planned AI projects are completed, electricity-generation CO2 emissions could rise by about 618 million tons by the end of the decade. The researchers say this would roughly erase 15 years of greenhouse gas reductions. The group's estimate is higher than some earlier projections.

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