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AI and Environmental Justice: Where Data Centers Land
AI infrastructure (data centers, power generation) lands disproportionately on communities of color. Environmental justice considerations should inform deployment decisions.
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- 1The premise
- 2environmental justice
- 3data centers
- 4siting decisions
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The premise
AI infrastructure siting decisions reflect environmental justice patterns; awareness should inform individual and collective response.
What AI does well here
- Learn the environmental justice context for AI infrastructure
- Support environmental justice organizations affected by AI infrastructure
- Engage with siting decisions in your community
- Hold AI companies accountable for siting choices
What AI cannot do
- Solve environmental justice through individual purchasing decisions
- Substitute personal awareness for collective action
- Eliminate the energy demand of AI
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