{
  "id": 7779127,
  "title": "Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/datacenter-rush-will-create-tsunami-of-discarded-electronics-report-7779127",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:00:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/datacenters-pollution-electronics"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six times The ongoing campaign to build thousands of massive datacenters for AI will create a “tsunami” of discarded electronics, putting the world on a course to triple its annual generation of toxic e-waste in the next 25 years, a new report projects. The electronic trash AI generates…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Health",
        "title": "Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/datacenter-rush-will-create-tsunami-of-discarded-electronics-report",
        "published": "2026-09-16T11:00:19.000Z"
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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."
}