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EPA grants data center power plants exemption from acid-rain precursor pollution limits (NOx/SO2), enabling faster on-site generation deployment.

Reduces environmental compliance friction for island-power data centers; enables gas-peaker and nuclear SMR hybrid solutions for AI campus power.
Trade pressSlicast · July 27, 2026 at 19:43 UTC · US · Source: The Hill
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