Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A new report finds electricity use and carbon emissions from California data centers nearly doubled in recent years, with water use climbing even more. Researchers say limited transparency makes it hard to measure impacts, as lawmakers have stalled or rejected efforts to add oversight.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Neil Chase
Tamara Gould
Angela Boisvert

PRODUCERS
Robert Meeks
Mia Henry
Colin Taylor

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Alejandro Lazo

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Robert Meeks
Anthony Bibian

CALMATTERS EDITOR IN CHIEF
Kristen Go

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Robert McDonnell

SERIES BRANDING
Israel Mendez

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