‘Underbelly of the AI industry’: Panel explores data centers’ ecological, economic impacts
Tomas Kauer 
The explosion of massive data centers to handle the increasing generative demands of artificial intelligence have placed high demands on both power and the water used in cooling systems -- millions of gallons per day -- and low-income communities have typically endured the brunt of the air pollution they create. This was the topic of a March 5 webinar, "The Growing Impacts of Data Centers on Our Neighbors and God's Creation," hosted by the Washington-based Catholic Climate Covenant.
