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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T00:11:55.000Z",
  "site": "https://thefield.blog",
  "tags": [
    "emit sounds from the humming of cooling systems, rumbling of diesel generators, and whirring of fans",
    "electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago",
    "use 12 percent of all the electricity consumed in the U.S.",
    "guzzled 30 million gallons of water",
    "guzzle millions of gallons of fresh water a day",
    "60-80% of India’s data centres will face high water stress in this decade",
    "without obtaining necessary permits",
    "Companies promise relatively few jobs in return"
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  "textContent": "## Health\n\n  * Data centres emit sounds from the humming of cooling systems, rumbling of diesel generators, and whirring of fans, which can be heard for hundreds of feet around them.\n\n\n\n## Electricity\n\n  * Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centres.\n  * By 2028, data centres could use 12 percent of all the electricity consumed in the U.S. and that percentage will grow.\n\n\n\n## Water\n\n  * Data centres of Quality Technology Services, owned by Blackstone, guzzled 30 million gallons of water and nobody noticed for months.\n  * Largest data centres can guzzle millions of gallons of fresh water a day.\n  * A study predicts that 60-80% of India’s data centres will face high water stress in this decade itself as a result of limited resource availability.\n\n\n\n## Air\n\n  * xAI, owned by Elon Musk, is using natural gas-burning turbines at its Memphis data centre without obtaining necessary permits.\n\n\n\n## Jobs\n\n  * City governments give data centre companies big tax breaks meant to revitalize local economies. Companies promise relatively few jobs in return.\n\n",
  "title": "Data Centres"
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