Bridging Blocks | Data Centers, Green Spaces, and the Environment: What is the Price of Progress?
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Massive data centers that power artificial intelligence and other digital technologies are multiplying across the country, driving significant new demand for electricity. In some communities, data center development has raised concerns about energy and water use, pollution, noise, and other effects on quality of life. At the same time, data centers provide the infrastructure that keeps much of our increasingly internet-dependent lives running.
Green spaces are essential to our communities, offering a vital connection to nature and the environment around us. Access to green space can look very different than your own lived experience, shaping health, safety, and overall quality of life.
How should we weigh the benefits and challenges of data center development? How can technological advancement and environmental responsibility coexist? What are the key benefits and impacts of green spaces in our community, our cities, and beyond? How can we thoughtfully balance growth and development while protecting the spaces that support community well-being?
This is a facilitated community conversation in which attendees will engage directly with one another in a moderated setting. Rather than a lecture or presentation, the program is designed to encourage dialogue, the exchange of perspectives, and shared learning among participants.
Register for free here: https://support.whyy.org/page/103815/event/1
Green spaces are essential to our communities, offering a vital connection to nature and the environment around us. Access to green space can look very different than your own lived experience, shaping health, safety, and overall quality of life.
How should we weigh the benefits and challenges of data center development? How can technological advancement and environmental responsibility coexist? What are the key benefits and impacts of green spaces in our community, our cities, and beyond? How can we thoughtfully balance growth and development while protecting the spaces that support community well-being?
This is a facilitated community conversation in which attendees will engage directly with one another in a moderated setting. Rather than a lecture or presentation, the program is designed to encourage dialogue, the exchange of perspectives, and shared learning among participants.
Register for free here: https://support.whyy.org/page/103815/event/1
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Tredyffrin Public Library, 582 Upper Gulph Rd,Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States
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