Data & Society Research Institute 182d ago

At the start of San Francisco Climate Week 2025 (April 18-26, 2025), Data & Society's program director of Climate, Technology, and Justice in collaboration with Tech Workers' Coalition (TWC) hosted a virtual panel with speakers situating artificial intelligence (AI) "firmly in the local and social environmental impacts of data centers." 00:00 Opening 00:05 Introduction (Tamara Kneese | Data & Society) 02:11 Katherine Jin | NYC DSA Tech Action Working Group 15:51 Savannah Wilson | Clean Virginia 29:52 Will and Holly Alpine | Enabled Emissions 40:40 Danny Cendejas | MediaJustice 55:37 Dr. Kim Harrison | Chip Workers 4 Responsible Mining 1:14:17 Eliza Pan | Amazon Employees for Climate Justice Learn more about Data & Society: https://datasociety.net/ Learn more about Tech Workers Coalition: https://techworkerscoalition.org/ Learn more about Data & Society's Climate, Technology, and Justice program: https://datasociety.net/research/climate-technology-and-justice/ Read the D&S policy brief "Data Centers Aren't the Future of American Prosperity": https://datasociety.net/library/data-centers-arent-the-future-of-american-prosperity/