Battery coatings named as parallel Pfas growth market
1 Sep 14 2:00 AM · 10d ago · 2 articles · 3 posts · 2 sources · development 1 of 1
Producers including Gujarat Fluorochemicals pointed to Pfas coatings and binders for lithium-ion batteries used in EVs, laptops and phones as another growth area, while BASF and Archroma were named as the main firms moving away from Pfas.
“There is a tremendous growth opportunity there”
Bir KapoorAnne-Sofie Bäckar Executive director, ChemSecBir Kapoor CEO, Gujarat FluorochemicalsChemours US Pfas producerDaikin Japan-headquartered Pfas/fluorine manufacturerBASF German chemicals giant
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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 2 claims were published in its stretch
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first by theguardian.com, 10d ago · also Guardian Environment, Guardian
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first by Mastodon, 6d ago · also Fortune
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As if they weren't bad enough, AI data centers — which Trump strongly supports — could drive a surge in "forever chemical" production. And that's after Trump's EPA already approved new forever chemical pesticides and rolled back limits on them in our drinking water. "Make America Healthy Again."
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uh, ok "Despite alarm over the chemicals, which have been linked to cancer, a survey of the 10 biggest manufacturers found most had plans to increase production" https://www. theguardian.com/environment/20 26/sep/14/pfas-firms-tidal-wave-forever-chemicals-ai-industry-demand-datacentres # pollution # PFAS
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The fact that you think that cloud gaming was ever a possibility kinda invalidates your opinion on GPU centers. The input/output bandwidth to computation ratio is close to one in gaming, so it was always going to be a cost prohibitive redundancy to do cloud rendering unless you had a fiber link, in which case it was basically a co-located GPU that…
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PFAS in the blood of 97% of Americans https:// fortune.com/2026/09/18/data-ce nters-ai-compute-pfas-forever-chemicals-water/
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This is misleading. Those forever chemicals require electricity. Think refrigerator. The utility is using water to cool.the steam after it exits the turbines. The data center shifted the water use off their books onto the utility's books. The tech companies behind the centers are pulling a fast one. Don't fall for it. The stink is that there are…
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It's entirely possible that the AI race accelerates human extinction. Not due to a biblical cataclysm as the cultists would like you to believe, but because of poisoning the environment we depend on. https:// fortune.com/2026/09/18/data-ce nters-ai-compute-pfas-forever-chemicals-water/
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If they get wind of it the maga voters will be going wild to support it. They hate the EPA. One of the big things with the 77.3 million people who voted for trump is dumping any and all environmental regulations. They absolutely don't think waterways, wildlife, air quality, etc should have or needs any protection at all. Essentially it's cutting…
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No matter where you look there's poison. "Pfas are used for a new form of datacentre cooling touted as more water- and energy-efficient. Pfas also play a crucial role in the fabrication process for semiconductors, another sector booming to meet demand from the AI industry." https://www. theguardian.com/environment/20…
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A big family of flourinated compounds that are very bad for human health and the environment. They don't breakdown naturally and are very hard to get rid of. And as soon as regulators figure out one of them is bad industry just invents more.
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https://www. theguardian.com/environment/20 26/sep/14/pfas-firms-tidal-wave-forever-chemicals-ai-industry-demand-datacentres . "#PFAS # companies are launching a 'tidal wave' of # forever # chemicals # production to meet # demand from the # AI # industry , a # campaign # organisation has warned... [ChemSec]... found nearly all of the 10 biggest #…
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Less heat ejected through water vapour means more energy consumption to remove the heat from the fluid.
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AI and Forever Chemicals, Brown Brothers Media, AI Training Data, More: ResearchBuzz AI Update, September 17, 2026 AI PROBLEMS The Guardian: ‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn…... http:// researchbuzz.me/2026/09/17/ai-…
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Donald Trump is a disgrace not only to America, but also to humanity and planet earth.
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"#PFAS companies are launching a 'tidal wave' of forever chemicals production to meet demand from the AI industry... Despite alarm over the chemicals, which have been linked to # cancer , a survey of the 10 biggest manufacturers found most had plans to increase production. Many frame their investments around the 'AI revolution'... But opponents…
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“New report from the Int’l Chemical Secretariat…found that an ongoing expansion by many of the world’s top 10 PFAS producers ‘is driven by 3 main sources of demand—AI & data center infrastructure, semiconductor manufacturing, & lithium-ion battery materials” https://www. commondreams.org/news/data-cen ters-and-pfas
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As @ gerrymcgovern says, capitalism really is a death cult. What are they thinking? https://www. theguardian.com/environment/20 26/sep/14/pfas-firms-tidal-wave-forever-chemicals-ai-industry-demand-datacentres # Collapse # environment
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AI Data Centres Are Turning to ‘Forever Chemicals’ to Cut Water Use, Fueling PFAS Boom https://www. byteseu.com/2378942/ # FutureStudies # FuturesStudies # Futurology
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