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Data Centers Spark Global Fights Over Power and Pollution

Tech companies build massive AI data centers; communities push back on grid strain and environmental costs.

ARWF dimensions
Existential criticality
Does the threat involve irreversible systemic failure?
Probability vectoring
Theoretical, or active proof of concept?
Timeline imminence
How close to current deployment?
Mitigation gap
Identified solution, or currently unaligned?
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