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How much energy will new semiconductor factories burn through in the US?

How new computer chip factories could help or hurt US climate goals.

And unless companies turn to clean energy, they could wind up driving up greenhouse gas emissions as domestic chip manufacturing makes a comeback. And a company that matches its electricity use with an equal amount of RECs can ostensibly write in its marketing and sustainability reports that its operations are 100 percent renewable. “The rapid scaling of domestic semiconductor manufacturing that has been triggered by the $53 billion U.S. CHIPS Act presents a unique opportunity to transition a critical piece of the IT sector’s supply chain to renewable energy-powered factories.”

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