You just effectively proved in the second tag that a 9 Celsius DIFFERENCE is around a 16 DIFFERENCE…
SztupY [Unofficial]
March 30, 2026
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> AI data centres can warm surrounding areas by up to 9.1°C
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>> They discovered that land surface temperatures increased by an average of 2°C (3.6°F) in the months after an AI data centre started operations. In the most extreme cases, the increase in temperature was 9.1°C (16.4°F).
> The effect wasn’t limited to the immediate surroundings of the data centres: the team found increased temperatures up to 10 kilometres away. Seven kilometres away, there was only a 30 per cent reduction in the intensity.
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> This is fine
You just effectively proved in the second tag that a 9 Celsius DIFFERENCE is around a 16 DIFFERENCE in Fahrenheit
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