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AI Datacenter Boom Could Triple Toxic E-Waste Within 25 Years, Report Warns

The rapid expansion of massive datacenters powering artificial intelligence is set to trigger a “tsunami” of discarded electronics, according to a new report, with global e-waste generation projected to triple over the next 25 years. The sheer volume of discarded servers, hard drives, and other equipment could fill enough shipping containers to circle the entire […] The post AI Datacenter Boom Could Triple Toxic E-Waste Within 25 Years, Report W…
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According to one report, the development of artificial intelligence data centres could generate a "tsunami" of toxic electronic waste. Within 25 years, their annual volume should triple. A report more than alarming. The ongoing campaign to build thousands of data centres dedicated to artificial intelligence could generate a "tsunami" of electronic waste, according to the projections of a report by the environmental non-profit association Basel A…

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online-listing.com broke the news on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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