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Hardware·Aug 21·all news from August 21, 2026

MAHA activists criticize Trump for promoting coal to power energy-hungry AI data centers

Activists associated with the Make America Healthy Again movement are calling on Donald Trump to reject the use of coal-fired power to meet the rising energy demands of artificial intelligence data centers. The group argues that relying on coal to support the infrastructure behind AI development contradicts environmental health goals.

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