As our environment explodes, we find the "Data Center Server Market Exploding". Is there a link? Of course, there is. Data is eating the environment.
Data uses massive quantities of toxic materials. It drinks huge quantities of freshwater. It eats massive quantities of energy.
But that is merely the tip of the melting iceberg. By far--by far--the greatest damage data does is that it is the oil that lubricates the engine of overconsumption.