San Francisco, Calif. — A new report released today, An Assessment of California Data Centers’ Environmental and Public Health Impacts, authored by researchers from the University of California, Riverside and produced by the think tank Next 10 shows that from 2019 to 2023, health impacts from California’s data centers have tripled — and could rise by another 72% by 2028 unless strong mitigation policies are enacted.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — While costs in the immediate aftermath of climate change-fueled disasters like floods and wildfires grab the headlines, Californians may not realize the less visible ways climate change is fueling the affordability crisis driving up cost of living. A new report commissioned by nonprofit think tank Next 10 and drafted by the Center for Law, Energy & Environment (CLEE) at UC Berkeley outlines those impacts together for the first time.