Podcast · 2026-10-13
“This ton of bricks just fell on us and we do our best”
The Hum features Melissa Emmal and Mike Tidwell discussing community organizing, local elections and efforts to restrict data center development in Maryland.
Multimedia
Data Centers: A Necessary Evil...Kinda || Peter Zeihan
Author or publisher unknown · 2026-10-26
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Peter Zeihan discusses data centers’ role in modern life beyond AI, alongside their demands on energy and other resources and their effects on surrounding communities.
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Publisher metadata and description reviewed; video and transcript not reviewed. Commentary and resource-impact claims not independently verified.
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Author unknown. 2026-10-26. Data Centers: A Necessary Evil...Kinda || Peter Zeihan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRCnengWjLE (AI & Environment Resource Hub; record multimedia-zeihan-data-centers-ircnengwjle; collection snapshot 2026-11-01).
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Shared topics: Governance and society; Built environment and infrastructure
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2026 Gubernatorial Election Data Center Positions
Public Airtable compares U.S. gubernatorial candidates' data center positions by state, with summary categories, reference fields and a data dictionary.
Shared topics: Governance and society; Built environment and infrastructure
Scientific Paper · 2026-10-15
A scalar mismatch: the IETF’s sustainability approaches in a framework of infinite growth and abundance
Fieke Jansen analyzes 26 position papers from an internet sustainability workshop, arguing that technical efficiency approaches can obscure wider resource limits and the politics of infrastructure growth.
Shared topics: Governance and society; Built environment and infrastructure
Scientific Paper · 2026-09-15
A Strategic Roadmap for Sustainable Data Center Deployment
This article proposes a five-step state policy roadmap for data center development: conduct environmental and community impact studies, use the findings in siting decisions, reassess incentives, require large facilities to pair with off-grid clean energy and storage, and mandate community-benefit sharing. It focuses on protecting grid reliability, electricity affordability, environmental integrity, and host communities.