Applying Indigenous Wisdom to Create Sustainable Tech
Protocol Labs · 2025-01-09
Keolu Fox, the first Native Hawaiian to earn a Ph.D in genome sciences and an advisor to Variant Bio, shares his visionary approach to technology inspired by Indigenous knowledge systems like the Hawaiian ahupua‘a land management system. In this talk, he highlights the wisdom of circular, balanced systems perfected over generations and applies these principles to modern challenges like genome data sharing, sustainable data centers, and Earth-friendly computation.
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In the Environmental Impacts of Data Centers 101 course, you will learn to analyze the environmental impacts of data centers using a life cycle assessment (LCA) perspective that goes beyond what you see in the news. This will include energy, water, land use, carbon emissions, global supply chains, e-waste concerns, ecological impacts, and environmental justice case studies. Whether you work in tech, sustainability, policy, or are just curious about how AI systems operate behind the scenes, this course gives you the clarity and frameworks to understand these impacts from end-to-end.
Nathaniel Burola
Shared topics: Cross-cutting sustainability; Biodiversity and ecosystems; Built environment and infrastructure
AI and ML optimize optoelectronic systems for sustainability by enhancing energy efficiency, renewable energy harvesting, environmental monitoring, and smart cities while also advancing ocean optics and photonics for marine ecosystem monitoring and climate change mitigation.
Library Progress International
Shared topics: Cross-cutting sustainability; Biodiversity and ecosystems; Built environment and infrastructure
This JustWaterFutures February 2026 seminar was titled AI and Water Justice: Data Centres as Sites of Struggle and explored the ways in which communities across the Americas are rising up against data centers, their failure to consult directly with affected communities, and the massive ecological footprints they leave behind.
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Shared topics: Cross-cutting sustainability; Biodiversity and ecosystems; Built environment and infrastructure
To meet the growing demand for power of AI, we have to enable the entire ecosystem, from chip to grid. This lightning talk brings together how NVIDIA is working with its partners from power generation and transmission to distribution to build flexible and reliable infrastructure. The session focuses on AI for meeting energy demand, using digital technologies inside data centers to manage peak loads, and applying accelerated computing to simulate the grid and build physical infrastructure.
