3M paid $10.3 billion in PFAS settlements and quit manufacturing the chemicals entirely. The AI industry just turned PFAS into a growth market again. The physics explains why data centers want these fluids so badly. The carbon-fluorine bond is the strongest single bond in organic chemistry. A liquid built on it won't conduct electricity, won't break down under heat, and can sit in direct contact with a running chip. You can submerge an entire server rack in it. That matters because AI racks…

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JUST IN: Data centers begin using "forever chemicals" instead of water to keep AI cool.