Former EPA officials say data center buildout is being exempted from pollution rules
The Verge·medium signal
The Verge reported on 12 September that a group of former EPA officials briefed press and published new analysis arguing the Trump administration is weakening environmental regulation specifically to accelerate AI data center construction, and that the health costs fall on nearby residents. Compute siting decisions are now being made against a different regulatory baseline than the one that existed a year ago, which changes where capacity lands.