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Abandoned Pennsylvania mines and waste-heat recycling could make the state’s massive new data centers far more sustainable

  • Written by Wangda Zuo, Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State
Abandoned Pennsylvania mines and waste-heat recycling could make the state’s massive new data centers far more sustainableAn aerial view shows cooling vent fans on the roof next to generators on the lower level of a data center in Ashburn, Va.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

The electricity needed to power new Pennsylvania data centers already in advanced stages of planning could power 11 million homes – nearly twice the total number of households...

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