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February 2026

• "Data centers for AI use huge amounts of electricity, water, driving up costs and climate concerns" | February 13, 2026 | CBS News | Cited our data center water use article
• "How Data Centers are Driving Up Chicagoans' Energy Bills" | February 12, 2026 | The Chicago Reporter | Cited our data center water use article
• "$10B data center hits wall after Fort Worth leaders cite resources, land usage concerns" | February 12, 2026 | The Fort Worth Report | Cited our data center water use article
• "Orbital AI Data Centers Prepare for Launch" | February 9, 2026 | Neuberger Berman | Cited our data center water use article 
• "New catalyst solves decades-old stability issue to unlock 85% hydrogen fuel efficiency" | February 8, 2026 | Interesting Engineering | Cited our new hydrogen and fuel cells topic page
• "Water Implications of AI-Driven Digital Infrastructure Expansion" | February 8, 2026 | TRENDS Research & Advisory | Cited EESI's data center water use article 
• "Making hydrogen fuel cells ‘less precious’" | February 6, 2026 | Washington University in St. Louis | Cited EESI’s topic page on hydrogen and fuels cells 
• "'Really bad effects down the line'" | February 5, 2026 | The Cool Down | Cited our data center water use article
• "Balancing act: Bills to both regulate, promote AI data centers advance to final committee" | February 4, 2026 | The Florida Phoenix | Cited our data center water use article
• "Uber-backed startup surfaces as surprising top contender in robotaxi battle: 'Next-generation technology'" | February 2, 2026 | The Cool Down | Cited our data center water use article

January 2026

• "I'm a figure skater. It's not too late to save Olympic ice sports" | January 28, 2026 | USA Today | Op-ed cited our sustainable ice rinks article
• "A $3B data center is coming to Spartanburg County. Some residents are pushing back" | January 27, 2026 | Post and Courier | Cited our data center water use article 
• "AI Data Centers Come With a Hidden Environmental Cost — Is Sustainability Possible?" | January 27, 2026 | Discover Magazine | Cited EESI's data center water use article
• "The world is entering an ‘era of water bankruptcy’" | January 23, 2026 | The Week | Cited our data center water use article
• "‘I don’t see this as getting better’: Data centers fuel concern over water, energy use, air pollution" | January 21, 2026 | WUSA9 | Quoted EESI President Daniel Bresette 
• "Data center payouts are huge. Saving farmland? Priceless" | January 20, 2026 | Farm Progress | Cited EESI's data center water use article
• "CSU Teams With Microsoft to Build Secure 'RamGPT' LLM" | January 20, 2026 | GovTech | Cited EESI's data center water use article
• "Proposal to hold AI data centers accountable to energy ratepayers clears first committee" | January 20, 2026 | Florida Phoenix | Cited our data center energy use article
• "When the Cloud Hits the Ground: Data Centers, Communities and the Business of Balance" | January 14, 2026 | The Darden Report (University of Virginia student paper) | Cited EESI's data center water use article
• "Communities Push Back Against AI Data Center Expansion" | January 9, 2026 | LA Progressive | Cited EESI's data center water use article
• "Michigan Has a Sixth Great Lake and We’ve Been Ignoring It" | January 8, 2026 | WITL | Cited EESI's data center water use article 
• "The Data Center Rush in Appalachia" | January 7, 2026 | The Daily Yonder | Cited our data center water use article 
• "Data Centers are Lousy for the Planet. Should We Move Them to Space?" | January 7, 2026 | Time Magazine | Cited EESI's article on energy use from data centers
• "Amazon sparks backlash after launching $12 billion 'risk': 'Fast and furious'" | January 1, 2026 | The Cool Down | Cited EESI's data center water use article

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