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Big Tech data center buildouts have led to $5.4 billion in public health costs

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Big Tech’s use of data centers has created related public health costs valued at more than $5.4 billion over the past five years .

Air pollution from the huge amounts of energy needed to run data centers is linked to treating cancers, asthma, and other related issues.

Google generated the largest health costs of $2.6 billion , followed by Microsoft , and Meta , at $1.2 billion .

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