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Taking Data Centers to Court w/ Martha Dark

Data centers are being approved without proper oversight into their broader impacts, but there are organizations pushing back. Martha Dark joins Paris Marx to discuss her work at Foxglove and how legal challenges against data centers are imposing stronger rules and reframing fals ...  Show more

Brazil’s Data Center Boom is Enabled by Renewables Firms w/ Laís Martins

Brazil’s renewable energy is being exploited to justify unnecessary data center construction. Laís Martins joins Paris Marx to discuss why the renewable energy sector is behind a rise in Brazilian data center development, how this is impacting communities, and the ways this green ...  Show more

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