Event Recap: Learning about the environmental impacts of data centers in Brazil
In a recent event hosted by MERL Tech CoP’s Climate + AI Working Group, Rhavena Madeira and André Fernandes discussed the ground realities behind data center expansion in Northeast Brazil. The conversation centered on a core question: what happens when the rapid expansion of AI infrastructures is presented as a “green” economic opportunity by tech companies, while the energy, water, land, biodiversity, and regulatory costs are pushed onto already vulnerable communities?