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Are We Asking the Wrong Questions About Data Centers? With Jennifer Pelton
Data centers have become one of the most controversial pieces of modern infrastructure. Most discussions focus on artificial intelligence, electricity demand, water consumption, and carbon emissions. But are those the right questions?
In this episode, attorney and civil liberties advocate Jennifer Pelton shares a different perspective. She argues that surveillance—not AI—is a major force behind the rapid expansion of data centers and discusses why she believes important issues are being overlooked.
We explore:
what data centers are and how they've evolved
the different types of data centers…
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