Big Tech’s growing use of data centres has created related public health costs valued at more than $5.4bn over the past five years, in findings that highlight the growing impact of building artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Air pollution derived from the huge amounts of energy needed to run data centres has been linked to treating cancers, asthma and other related issues, according to research from UC Riverside and Caltech.
The academics estimated that the cost of treating illnesses connected to this pollution was valued at $1.5bn in 2023, up 20 per cent from a year earlier. They found that the overall cost was $5.4bn since 2019.
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