"In North Carolina, Amazon and utility giant Duke Energy are installing 649 diesel generators to back up a new hyperscale center. They submitted two permits, and avoided a major review despite being in a low income area that already suffers from high levels of air pollution."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/27/datacenter-developers-us-pollution-rules
Gerry McGovern
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