Posted on 09.01.26

As AI data centers expand, new cooling chemicals raise PFAS concerns

Source: https://www.wral.com/, August 25, 2026
By: Liz McLaughlin

The artificial intelligence race is creating demand for more than data centers and electricity. It is also creating a new market for the chemicals needed to keep increasingly powerful computer chips from overheating.

Some of those cooling technologies rely on PFAS, a broad class of fluorinated compounds already responsible for widespread drinking water contamination in North Carolina. Read more.

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