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Last update: 5 hours agoData Center Backlash Meets Real-World Strain: A new IDCA report says global data-center power draw hit 67.7 GW (+36% in two years), with the U.S. at 29.2 GW—while “zombie” cloud workloads may be wasting about 13% of hyperscaler capacity, fueling calls for tighter oversight. PFAS Alarm: Separate reporting flags PFAS “forever chemicals” tied to AI data-center expansion and herbicide manufacturing, with state and federal probes mentioned. Virginia Air Fight: Attorney General Jay Jones joined a coalition pushing back on EPA’s plan to gut national ethylene oxide pollution limits—calling EtO a known human carcinogen. Heat + Freeze Stress Test: The DC region sweltered into Memorial Day weekend with record temps and pop-up storms, while a late-April hard freeze still left growers reeling across the Mid-Atlantic. Local Life, Local Policy: Spanberger vetoed a bill to legalize retail recreational cannabis, citing enforcement and compliance needs.
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