DataCenterBoom! When the cloud settles in our territory
We have just launched DataCenterBoom!, a repository of information for communities and local authorities that are newly faced with the construction of data centers in their territories.
“They have announced the construction of a data center in my community. What do we do?” Data centers and their capacities are multiplying worldwide as artificial intelligence gains importance in the economy. How can we bridge the gap in access to information about the socio-environmental consequences of AI, specifically in Latin America?
Based on case studies from Brazil, Chile, and Querétaro in Mexico, we built DataCenterBoom!, a repository of information for communities and local authorities so that they have information available about why a data center is being built in their community, a catalog of its socio-environmental consequences, a section on how public policy has responded, as well as lessons learned from different local resistance movements to these infrastructures.
It has a Spanish and an English version, and we hope to have a Portuguese version soon 😊. If you are interested in the topic, please subscribe to the website to receive new reports and content, and give us feedback in the About section.