{
  "id": 18161495,
  "title": "Satellite analysis finds little evidence that data centers cause widespread ground warming",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/satellite-analysis-finds-little-evidence-that-data-centers-cause",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-04T17:40:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-satellite-analysis-evidence-centers-widespread.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new study published in Environmental Research Letters has found little evidence that hyperscale data centers cause significant heating of surrounding land. While a previous study suggested data centers heat surrounding land by about 2 °C on average (up to 9 °C), reaching 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) away, 13 years of satellite data reveal that server waste heat causes minimal nighttime surface…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}