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California’s AI Data Centers Taking Growing Environmental Toll

12/18/2025 • 54 min

Data centers are the server farms that power the internet. California has the third-most data centers of any state: over 320 sites, with more construction slated for next year. But energy experts are sounding alarms about their impacts on electric grids, water and climate; impacts that are worsening with the explosion of AI. We’ll talk about what data center gro… Play episode

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