“These AI data centers will be our controllers, they will handle the cloud data, digital currency, medical records, all tracing, tracking and security. Freedom, once data centers are fully implemented, will depend on how they evaluate us. It is a scary thought.”
As humans we have been told on multiple occasions how everything being mass released is good for us and how our lives will be improved. When released, the next great invention or discovery will make our lives easier and give us more free time. They know how to package things to appeal to our senses, and we focus on the benefits and trust that they have our best interests in mind; after all it is the dawning of a new world order.
It was not that long ago when the first mainframe computer was released with promises about how your life would be simplified and all the free time you would gain. How did that work out for you while being connected 24 hours a day?
The environmental impact of AI data centers
AI data centers[1] are quickly surpassing Bitcoin mining in every way. It is becoming a major strategic shift in digital infrastructure, both in energy usage and capital investment due to significantly higher revenue potential. AI is generating up to 25x more revenue per kilowatt-hour and AI data centers are growing exponentially to meet demands for high-density computing and have already surpassed Bitcoin mining in total energy use.
On one hand global power demand for AI can be estimated but on the other hand there is no separation between AI-specific workloads and general operations when it comes to most data center operators’ environmental reporting. This lack of transparency, combined with incomplete disclosures from tech companies, we can only rely on rough approximations based on overall data center performance. This is why stronger policies requiring more detailed and standardized reporting could significantly improve the ability to assess AI’s true environmental cost.
What do we know about the numbers despite these limitations? We definitely know that AI’s environmental impact is already substantial and growing quickly. According to data[2], by 2025, AI systems alone could emit between 32.6 and 79.7 million tons of CO₂ and consume between 312.5 and 764.6 billion liters of water. For context, global data centers in 2024 may have produced around 182 million tons of CO₂, and in 2023 they consumed about 560 billion liters of water, most of it indirectly through electricity generation. These figures highlight the urgency of improving transparency and accountability in the tech sector as AI data center usage continues to expand.
Effects on the Earth’s geomagnetic field (GMF)
Even if not on the global scale, at least not at the moment, but EMFs (from data centers, power infrastructure, etc.) can interact with the Earth’s geomagnetic field (GMF). While it is relatively stable and plays an important role in biological orientation and environmental balance, research suggests that artificial EMFs can alter the local electromagnetic environment. This means that disruptions or changes relative to GMF may influence biological systems.
According to the study The influence of geomagnetic flux on global crop yields and income[3] reductions or disturbances in GMF can impair plant development, leading to issues like reduced photosynthetic efficiency, slower growth, delayed flowering, or lower germination rates.
The negative effects on health
Obviously, data centers pose several environmental and public health risks due to their heavy energy use and reliance on fossil fuels. According to the Environmental Health Project[4], many data centers—especially those powered by natural gas—emit harmful pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, methane, volatile organic compounds, and fine particulate matter. These emissions are linked to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, increased cancer risk, and broader public health burdens in nearby communities. Another problem is that rising electricity demand from data centers can lead to construction and continued use of fossil-fuel power plants, increasing greenhouse gas emissions and worsening air quality.
Another major concern regards resource consumption and community impact. As mentioned before, data centers require enormous amounts of water for cooling, which can strain local water supplies and worsen water shortage, particularly in regions that are already prone to drought. Their high electricity demand can also raise energy costs for households—this is because infrastructure upgrades and increased load are often passed on to consumers. Other negative effects on local communities include noise pollution, land-use changes, and pressure on infrastructure, while offered employment benefits are relatively limited. We can see again that the rapid expansion of data centers will mostly lead to intensified environmental degradation, strained essential resources and harmed public health.
What does this mean exactly? According to an Environmental Health Sciences article[5] that uses data from previous research, exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) associated with data centers is linked to many potential health problems. EMF exposure—especially from extremely low frequency (ELF) fields generated by electrical infrastructure—is linked to
- increased risks of cancers, including childhood leukemia as well as brain and breast cancers,
- reproductive issues, such as miscarriage, and developmental problems in children, including ADHD, asthma, and obesity when exposure occurs prenatally,
- neurological and physiological effects, such as cognitive decline and broader impacts on brain function,
- biological mechanisms like oxidative stress and inflammation, which can disrupt normal bodily processes and contribute to chronic disease.
Overall, when EMF exposure is chronic, it is a potential contributor to both long-term disease risks and more immediate neurological and developmental health issues.
Meanwhile, most people do not even have a clue when they hear that a data center is being built in their area. In Grand Prairie, Alberta they are planning to build Wonder Valley Data Center Park—it will be massive and the largest in Alberta. It has a projected capacity of 9 gigawatts (GW), a massive physical footprint of nearly 65 to 70 square kilometres (approx. 16,000 acres), and the total estimated investment is roughly $70 billion. You do not want one of these built in a water restricted area; the annual water consumption granted and secured for Wonder Valley with a 10-year provincial license is for 6 million cubic metres annually. For context, this would be equivalent to the volume of water that flows over Niagara Falls every 35 minutes.
Data centers also carry a largely overlooked risk: cybersecurity threats. According to the article The Hidden Risk for Data Centers That No One is Talking About[7], as data centers become more connected and essential to everyday services, cyberattacks could disrupt not just data but also critical physical operations like cooling or power systems, which can potentially impact the reliability of services people depend on. The risks are not limited to companies or investors but could affect communities too through outages, service interruptions or compromised infrastructure. As we can see, cybersecurity in data centers is not just a technical concern but something that is also connected to a broader public issue that is tied to safety, trust and the stability of modern digital life.
The other main concern is that these AI data centers will be our controllers, they will handle the cloud data, digital currency, medical records, all tracing, tracking and security. Freedom, once data centers are fully implemented, will depend on how they evaluate us. It is a scary thought.
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References:
- De Vries-Gao, Alex. 2026. The carbon and water footprints of data centers and what this could mean for artificial intelligence. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389925002788
- Environmental Health Sciences. 2024. Is it Safe to Live Near a Data Center? EMF Radiation Risks Explained. https://ehsciences.org/data-centers-increase-electromagnetic-fields-emf-exposure/
- Ferrante, Anthony J. 2025. The Hidden Risk for Data Centers That No One is Talking About. https://www.fticonsulting.com/insights/articles/hidden-risk-data-centers-no-one-talking-about
- Pascual, Manuel G. 2025. US admits data centers are harmful to health. https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-02-07/us-admits-data-centers-are-harmful-to-health.html
- Pavlinich, Elan Justice. 2026. The Dangers of Data Centers. https://www.environmentalhealthproject.org/post/the-dangers-of-data-centers
- Wigton-Jones, Evan. 2026. The influence of geomagnetic flux on global crop yields and income. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921800925003180
[1] A data center refers to a building or group of buildings housing servers, hardware, networking
equipment, and other computing technologies.
[2] De Vries-Gao, Alex. 2026.
[3] Wigton-Jones, Evan. 2026.
[4] Pavlinich, Elan Justice. 2026.
[5] Environmental Health Sciences. 2024.
[6] Pascual, Manuel G. 2025.
[7] Ferrante, Anthony J. 2025.