Prompts now, pollutants later: Report claims data centers are harming the environment to the tune of $25 billion and inducing a debt on the health of current and future generations – United Cultures

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Prompts now, pollutants later: Report claims data centers are harming the environment to the tune of $25 billion and inducing a debt on the health of current and future generations

April 30, 2026

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A new paper theorizes that the cost of gross external damages generated by data centers could exceed $25 billion.

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