A new Bloomberg analysis shows ~3,000 MTCO2-e of extra US power pollution between 2025-2035 thanks to data centre growth. That is:

= 84 new coal plants /yr
= 33k lost jobs globally
= 1.2m more ppl pushed into unlivable climate

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-20/oracle-data-center-fight-hands-activists-path-to-us-wide-blitz?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc5MjUyMjE1OCwiZXhwIjoxNzkzMTI2OTU4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTVZVQ0tUOU5KTFMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIwQjVFMDM3MDAzMzc0Q0NCQUUxNzE4QkU3ODk5NDQ0MSJ9.OaKn7taoiFjpGBgde-ImF095mppu8PHs6oBOmyz-yuA

https://carbonimpactstracer.com/#interactive-emissions-cascade

https://drawdown.org/carbon-in-context?quantity=3&units=gigatons&gas=co2&system=metric&basis=100