Veronica Escobar: “That data center alone needs twice as much electricity as…”

“The metadata center alone is going to be pumping pollution into the air, really deeply damaging our air quality because they are going to be using gas powered turbines to generate the electricity that they need. And That data center alone needs twice as much electricity as the entire community of El Paso. or the equivalent of all of the electricity needed and used by the entire community of El Paso there. Are they supplying their own electricity?” (08:59–09:08)

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