**Data centers are swapping water for forever chemicals to keep AI cool**

> A new ChemSec report finds most of the world&\#x27;s largest PFAS producers are expanding output to meet demand from AI data centers. The midterms are six weeks away and Republicans are walking a fine line between meeting constituents in opposition to data center growth and agreeing with the president who continues to advocate for them. Now there seems to be another wrinkle to the ongoing data center backlash: the rel...

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- **来源**：Hacker News：AI 热帖
- **分类**：tip
- **发布时间**：2026-09-18 23:27（北京时间）
- **原文**：[打开原文](https://fortune.com/2026/09/18/data-centers-ai-compute-pfas-forever-chemicals-water)