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Big Tech Cash for the Backlash – Noor
This investigation uncovers how Silicon Valley philanthropy is quietly funding anti-rights and anti-democratic actors around the world. Over the past decade, at least $3.6 million flowed from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation […]
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Data Center Boom Risks Health of Already Vulnerable Communities | TechPolicy.Press
A spatial analysis of California data centers finds the median pollution burden score at their locations is 7 out of 10 — in the top 20 percent of the state's […]
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Megawatts Over People: The Real Cost of Artificial Intelligence and Why It Is Not Inevitable – NCEJN
Dr. Rania Masri, NCEJN co-director, details how data centers and AI infrastructure burden North Carolina communities through rising electricity costs, water depletion during active drought, PFAS contamination from cooling systems, […]
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AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025 | The Verge
A 2025 study in Patterns estimates AI generates 32.6 to 79.7 million tons of carbon pollution annually — on par with New York City — and consumes up to 764.6 […]
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The Unequal Burden of Data-Centers: An Examination of the Environmental and Public Health Impacts on Communities in California
In California, 82 percent of data centers sit in communities with poor air quality, 65 percent in areas facing the worst groundwater threats and 79 percent near high hazardous waste […]
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Researchers Are Hunting America for Hidden Datacenters
Epoch AI uses satellite imagery, building permits and local legal documents to track data center construction across the United States. The nonprofit's interactive map lists each facility's cost, power output […]
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms