The rapid proliferation of data centers comes at a significant environmental cost. These data centers require massive amounts of water to cool the buildings that house the computer servers within them. They also put strain on energy grids as they require massive amounts of energy to be used 24 hours a day. The advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) requires energy-intensive data processing, compounding an already alarming pollution problem. In a few short years, data centers—which run thousands of servers nonstop—have doubled the amount of energy they use. Communities near large data centers are regularly exposed to dirty air and water that cause respiratory issues and other health problems.