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Data Centers Are Quietly Taking Over Texas. The Pollution Could Be Catastrophic
WIRED • • business
Key Points:
- A regulatory delay in California is allowing Waymo to offer free robotaxi rides in Ojai for several more months due to a state agency's postponed decision.
- Advances in environmentally friendly air-conditioning technology could resolve Europe's growing AC culture wars amid rising extreme heat across the continent.
- A secret US war game simulation revealed the severe consequences of a hypothetical Chinese cyberattack on the US water supply, including burst mains and hospital evacuations.
- The US federal government plans to let a key data center regulation expire in September without issuing a replacement, raising concerns about oversight of federal data center operations.
- Amazon is facing allegations from three software engineers who claim the company is retaliating against them for expressing personal political beliefs related to data centers, prompting a civil rights complaint in Seattle.
