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AI’s Dirty Secret: Data Centers Fund Clean Energy, Then Burn It

A data-center server farm ringed by wind turbines and solar panels while smokestacks billow dark emissions overhead -- AI funding clean energy then burning it

AI data centers are bankrolling US wind and solar at record scale, but their net climate impact remains deeply troubling.

Paula Weigel
June 22, 2026