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Data centers are straining the grid and changing the environment

April 13, 2026 10:08 AM CDT By Greg Kearney
Data centers are straining the grid and changing the environment

For further reading: 

Data centers are straining the grid. Can they be forced to pay for it?

Residents victorious in fight to stop Pekin, Illinois data center

Pekin, Illinois residents turn out to oppose building of AI data center

AI data centers gobble electricity, raising energy costs and damaging the climate

 

Tags:
  • AI
  • artificial intelligence
  • data
  • data centers
  • energy
  • Environment

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Greg Kearney
Greg Kearney

Greg Kearney has worked as an editorial cartoonist for over 40 years. He calls himself  “a traditional labor Democrat,” and his cartoons have appeared in publications as diverse as the Journal of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union to People's World. “You may not always agree with my views but that is the whole point of editorial cartooning.” Kearney is a member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.


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