Trump’s EPA wants to let data centers hide their air pollution
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If EPA drops public notice requirements for data center air permits, siting risk shifts from community pushback to after-the-fact litigation and local politics. Operators planning large AI builds should assume more fragmented, county-by-county scrutiny and bake environmental disclosure into their own standards rather than relying on federal process.
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