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xAI Data Center Emits Plumes of Pollution, New Video Shows
(www.desmog.com)
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this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2025
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The picture is a heat signature. Obviously heat is released. But why would it release pollution as methane? They are just cooling computers.
"But through the lens of Wilson’s optical gas imaging camera, a scientific instrument that is used within the oil and gas industry and by regulators to detect methane emissions, the pollution becomes readily apparent. Huge, billowing plumes of pollution, including large volumes of unburned methane, rise into the atmosphere and drift off-site."
Have you read the article at all?
I did read that now. But why would it release methane at all? They are cooling computers. Methane is a terrible heat conducting gas last I checked.
They’re running generators to power the data centre. Apparently they’re incredibly inefficient if they’re releasing methane