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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tom Perkins

Groups sue Trump’s EPA over fast-track approval of toxic datacenter chemicals

aerial view of cooling vents on a data center
An aerial view shows cooling vent fans on the roof of a datacenter in Ashburn, Virginia, on November 12, 2025. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

The Trump administration has approved two new datacenter chemicals to which exposure can result in “sudden death” and a range of other serious health risks, like cancer, eye corrosion, neurological damage and reproductive harm, a new lawsuit warns.

The two compounds approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for import and immediate use in facilities across the US are photoacid generators that also appear to be Pfas “forever chemicals”, though it is unclear because much of the EPA documents are redacted. Some Pfas are commonly used in the production of semiconductors.

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