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Most data centers don't use these much. There are regulations on how much emissions they can make. Some data centers are not following these regulations, these are the ones that get reported on most. The one I've really seen reported a lot is grok's. They run those 24/7, emissions you can verify with thermal imaging. But most data centers it's more like a few minutes a year, most of that is just testing the systems to make sure they still work. And the fuel storage is not enough to deal with long term power loss, it's meant to last long enough to keep running though something like a storm that knocks down power lines