Proposed EPA rule could silence data center critics, advocates say

The agency’s recommendation comes as the Trump administration has sought to ramp up the construction of the facilities.

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to scrap its requirement for public feedback on some new industrial facilities — including many data centers — a move that environmental activists say they interpret as the latest step by the Trump administration to aid the artificial intelligence sector amid growing backlash.

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