More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US data centers
Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisisA coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a national moratorium on new data centers in the US, the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming...
<p>Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis</p><p>A coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a national moratorium on new data centers in the US, the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming artificial intelligence industry that has been blamed for escalating electricity bills and worsening the climate crisis.</p><p>The green groups, including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Food & Water Watch and dozens of local organizations, have urged members of Congress halt the proliferation of energy-hungry data centers, accusing them of causing planet-heating emissions, sucking up vast amounts of water and for exacerbating electricity bill increases that have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/31/us-electricity-bills-increased-trump">hit Americans this year</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/us-data-centers">Continue reading...</a>
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