EPA to regulate some data center turbines as ‘mobile sources’

Amid the boom in data center deployment, EPA is seeking to streamline air permitting requirements for developers using temporary power sources, such as combustion turbines or diesel generators, including a coming effort to reclassify some of these facilities as “mobile sources” and thus avoid tougher permit mandates for stationary sources.

At a March 24 conference hosted by the Air and Waste Management Association in Herndon, VA, environmental regulators gathered to discuss the challenges of data centers for energy consumption, air...