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February 2026
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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
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How Data Centers are Driving Up Chicagoans' Energy Bills
" | February 12, 2026
| The Chicago Reporter | Cited our data center water use
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$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
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Orbital AI Data Centers Prepare for Launch
" | February 9, 2026 | Neuberger Berman | Cited our data center water use
article
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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
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Water Implications of AI-Driven Digital Infrastructure Expansion
" | February 8, 2026 | TRENDS Research & Advisory | Cited EESI's data center water use
article
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Making hydrogen fuel cells ‘less precious’
" | February 6, 2026 | Washington University in St. Louis | Cited EESI’s
topic page
on hydrogen and fuels cells
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'Really bad effects down the line'
" | February 5, 2026 | The Cool Down | Cited our data center water use
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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
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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
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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
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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
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AI Data Centers Come With a Hidden Environmental Cost — Is Sustainability Possible?
" | January 27, 2026 | Discover Magazine | Cited EESI's data center water use
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The world is entering an ‘era of water bankruptcy’
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January 23, 2026 | The Week | Cited our data center water use
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‘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
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Data center payouts are huge. Saving farmland? Priceless
" | January 20, 2026 | Farm Progress | Cited EESI's data center water use
article
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CSU Teams With Microsoft to Build Secure 'RamGPT' LLM
" | January 20, 2026 | GovTech | Cited EESI's data center water use
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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
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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
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Communities Push Back Against AI Data Center Expansion
" | January 9, 2026 | LA Progressive | Cited EESI's data center water use
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Michigan Has a Sixth Great Lake and We’ve Been Ignoring It
" | January 8, 2026 | WITL | Cited EESI's data center water use
article
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The Data Center Rush in Appalachia
" | January 7, 2026 | The Daily Yonder | Cited our data center water use
article
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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
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Amazon sparks backlash after launching $12 billion 'risk': 'Fast and furious'
" | January 1, 2026 | The Cool Down | Cited EESI's data center water use
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