Heat, algae and AI: proposed datacenter could damage Everglades, experts warn
Project Tango, at top of photo, is site of a proposed 200-acre datacenter that could be built on a swath of land west of Loxahatchee Groves in northern Palm Beach county, Florida. Photograph: Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenProject Tango, at top of photo, is site of a proposed 200-acre datacenter that could be built on a swath of land west of Loxahatchee Groves in northern Palm Beach county, Florida. In recent summers, the bright blooms of blue-green algae have covered nearly half of Lake Okeechobee, which feeds into the Everglades.The cyanobacteria blooms produce a toxin known as microcystin, which can make people and animals sick and contaminate drinking water.
- ▪Project Tango, at top of photo, is site of a proposed 200-acre datacenter that could be built on a swath of land west of Loxahatchee Groves in northern Palm Beach county, Florida.
- ▪Photograph: Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenProject Tango, at top of photo, is site of a proposed 200-acre datacenter that could be built on a swath of land west of Loxahatchee Groves in nort
- ▪In recent summers, the bright blooms of blue-green algae have covered nearly half of Lake Okeechobee, which feeds into the Everglades.The cyanobacteria blooms produce a toxin known as microcystin, which can make people and animals sick and
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Project Tango, at top of photo, is site of a proposed 200-acre datacenter that could be built on a swath of land west of Loxahatchee Groves in northern Palm Beach county, Florida. Photograph: Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenProject Tango, at top of photo, is site of a proposed 200-acre datacenter that could be built on a swath of land west of Loxahatchee Groves in northern Palm Beach county, Florida. Photograph: Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via Getty ImagesDatacenters – USHeat, algae and AI: proposed datacenter could damage Everglades, experts warnPlans for hyperscale datacenter in Palm Beach county prompt concerns over water and electricity demandsSara Sneath in Palm Beach countyWed 12 Aug 2026 07.30 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian…
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