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Using diesel generators to power the AI revolution would kill hundreds of Americans a year

  • Written by Peter Adams, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
imageDiesel generators sit outside a data center in Ashburn, Va.Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post via Getty Images

With U.S. electricity demand starting to rise quickly and expected to continue rising, largely because of the power needed for data centers that process artificial intelligence, people are looking for almost any potential...

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