"The artificial intelligence industry's data center boom is the latest chapter in a long history of environmental racism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities. We're always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives."
"Honor the Earth has been closely monitoring the construction of data centers in or near Indigenous lands. The myriad impacts include noise pollution, cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, energy grid overload and even ecological collapse."
The artificial intelligence industry's data center expansion is linked to environmental racism and resource exploitation in Native communities. Krystal Two Bulls, an activist and executive director of Honor the Earth, highlights the negative impacts of over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands. These impacts include noise pollution, health issues like cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, and energy grid overload. Two Bulls emphasizes that Indigenous communities are often forced to sacrifice their relationship with land, air, and water due to these developments.
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