Data centers become a hot button for municipalities
News ClipJewish Community Voice·NJ·5/27/2026
Artificial intelligence tools are seeing increased use, but their underlying infrastructure, data centers, are imposing significant environmental and energy costs. These factors are causing data centers to become a hot-button issue for municipalities due to rising electric costs and environmental concerns.
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Most of us are already using some sort of artificial intelligence, whether it’s in place of an “old-fashioned” Google search, or to prepare presentations, articles, or generate memes for use on social media. What you may not be as closely aware of is the environmental and energy costs these new AI tools are imposing on society. Skyrocketing electric costs around <a href="https://www.jewishvoicesnj.org/articles/data-centers-become-a-hot-button-for-municipalities/">[…]</a>