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The AI Race: How The Surge In Data Centers Harms Us

The AI Race: How The Surge In Data Centers Harms Us

Update: 2025-10-21
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There are more than 5,400 data centers in the United States, which is almost half of the number of data centers worldwide. In the past four years, there has been a surge in data center construction, particularly in poor communities in the South. Clearing the FOG speaks with Jai Dulani of Media Justice, who authored a new report: The People Say No: Resisting Data Centers in the South, and Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson, about the harms that these centers are causing in local communities, particularly in their enormous consumption of water and energy, and the risk they pose to the US economy. Akuno also addresses the bigger picture of the deleterious impact of artificial intelligence on our lives. For more information, visit PopularResistance.org.

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The AI Race: How The Surge In Data Centers Harms Us

The AI Race: How The Surge In Data Centers Harms Us

Margaret Flowers