MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The NAACP and environmental and climate justice advocates from Memphis and across the country are convening this weekend to make sure big tech companies are being held accountable.
As AI becomes the new normal in society and tech companies expand their footprint, environmental groups are calling on tech companies to keep the communities they operate in clean.
“Data centers are known economic, public health and environmental risk, and it demands comprehensive regulation that protects us from these industrial pollution hubs”, said Tristan Thomas, director of public policy with Alternatives for Community and Environment in Massachusetts…