impacts

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At that same meeting, county commissioners reviewed a recommendation by the development commission, a citizen advisory group, to pause data center projects while they studied their impacts and their accompanying power plants.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

“This life cycle analysis now looks at all different environmental indicators on this — the chemical usage, the water usage, and the end-of-life impacts on that side of things.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

While planners say "it's all beautiful, it's all fantastic", locals fear environmental impacts, "disruption during the construction work" and potential expansion of the village with new houses or even blocks of flats, he added.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Anthropic’s leaders, including Chief Executive Dario Amodei, have warned about the potential for dangerous impacts from AI for years and sought widespread societal collaboration to address risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

He and others point out that digital communications are not alone throughout history in raising questions about how technological change impacts life and interaction.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel