Enviros to Calif. regulators: Crack down on data center diesel

Environmental justice organizations are urging California's air quality regulators to impose stricter controls on the diesel generators used by data centers. A coalition of nearly 20 groups, spearheaded by the Center for Biological Diversity, submitted a petition to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on Wednesday, contending that the current two-decade-old regulations are inadequate to safeguard public health amidst the burgeoning data center industry. Meya Saenz Zagar, a campaigner for the Center for Biological Diversity, highlighted the significant increase in the "scale and number of diesel generators" without corresponding updates to regulations. Miranda Iglesias, a media manager for the Bay Area Air Quality District, confirmed that the district has received the petition and is in the process of reviewing the coalition's requests.