House Democrat is demanding Elon Musk explain pollution from his AI data centers

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. says xAI's gas turbines are operating without air permits near Tennessee and Mississippi communities

US House Democrat asks Musk to answer for polluting xAI data centers  Reuters

July 29 : U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on Wednesday demanded documents and answers from Elon Musk about the environmental and public health impacts of his xAI Colossus data center operations in Tennessee and Mississippi.• Pallone sent a letter to Musk s

The stream that coursed over Maily Kocinski’s Wisconsin family farm for 47 years dried up after construction began on Meta’s AI data center in nearby Beaver Dam. When it returned, it ran murky white. The state’s natural resources department left her repeated requests for help unanswered. Private testing found heavy met

Numerous communities nationwide are fiercely opposed to the projects, leading to legal battles over planned complexes and new transmission lines

Democrat Paige Cognetti is taking a shot at data centers in her challenge to freshman Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan, saying "we're not for sale" in a new TV ad.

Don't worry, the Trump administration won't let a little acid rain get in the way of more data centers.

The race between Paige Cognetti, the mayor of Scranton, and Rob Bresnahan is considered one of the Democratic Party's best opportunities to pick up a seat.

Democrat's TV ad targets data centers in drive to oust Republican from swing Pennsylvania House seat  Toronto Star

Democrat Paige Cognetti is taking a shot at data centers in her challenge to freshman Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan, saying “we’re not for sale” in a new TV ad in a swing Pennsylvania congressional district

Democrat's TV ad targets data centers in drive to oust Republican from swing Pennsylvania House seat  AP News

A 40-point margin of voters oppose building data centers in their area, citing environmental concerns over energy use, water use, and pollution.

The Trump administration announced Monday that it is exempting power plants that only serve data centers and do not connect to the broader grid from pollution limits that seek to prevent acid rain. The administration announced new guidance on Monday clarifying that these “islanded” power plants do not have to be part o