EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws
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#2Title is taken from the reuters coverage[1], but I used the link to the original epa.gov press release.
[1]: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/epa-says-power-data...
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#3About that P in your acronym...
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#4Surely this is going to cement the reputation of datacenters as a blight.
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#5About that P in your acronym...
> About that P in your acronym...
For the next couple of years (at least) it stands for "Pollution" or "Poisoning".
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#6About that P in your acronym...
"privatization"
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#7EPA guidance source document https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2026-07/epa-issue...
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#8Re: EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws
#9There are big benefits to having power generation grid connected.
It is more reliable (due to many possible generation sources). It is more eco-friendly (solar in daytime, wind when the wind blows). It is more cost efficient (no need to overbuild for peak usage, generators don't sit idle when computers are off for maintenance).
Yet our electricity grid has such a mass of regulations attached that people are choosing to lose these benefits - and with it we lose the benefit of them connecting to our grid.
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#10Hmm... rules for thee but not for me. Sounds like the beginning of the end for the EPA. Two tiered rules breed resentment. There are already plenty of people that don't like the EPA. Making exceptions just makes it easier to argue the EPA is useless or just a tool for oppressing the little guy.