Financial Times: “Big Tech’s Data Center Boom Poised to Drive Up Carbon Emissions”
RFF Fellow Aaron Bergman speaks to the relationship between emissions and electricity demand.
“The US power grid has added more clean energy since 2023. But as many utilities servicing these data centres build more clean energy, they are also doubling down on fossil fuels because they face surging power demand.
‘Any time you increase demand on the grid you are in all likelihood going to see increased emissions,’ said Aaron Bergman, a fellow at Resources for the Future.”
