As the tech industry rushes to power its AI boom, we take a look at some of the impacts of the surge in data center construction.
Will the water, energy and land consumption of data centers be offset by jobs and economic benefits? Or will their voracious demands exhaust local resources and leave communities worse off?
Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist Krystal Two Bulls, the executive director of Indigenous-led environmental justice organization Honor the Earth, shares how massive new data centers are already impacting people's everyday lives.