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title: "Using AI to mitigate the growing environmental threat of data centers"
date: 2026-10-08
source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/mitigating-environmental-threat-of-data-centers-christina-delimitrou-1008
description: "By rethinking how large cloud computing systems operate, Associate Professor Christina Delimitrou seeks to make data centers more energy efficient."
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# Using AI to mitigate the growing environmental threat of data centers

By rethinking how large cloud computing systems operate, Associate Professor Christina Delimitrou seeks to make data centers more energy efficient.

*Published: 2026-10-08*