Resources on Risks of AI in Our Communities

Environmental Impact

• A.I. Is on the Rise, and So Is the Environmental Impact of the Data Centers That Drive It
• Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do about that.
• The Environmental Impact of Data Centers and Artificial Intelligence | Office of Sustainability - Student Blog

Human Impact

• Construction and Consequences: The Human Impacts of Artificial Intelligence Data Centers – UAB Institute for Human Rights Blog

Impact on Water

• Data centers draining resources in water-stressed communities - The University of Tulsa

Noise Pollution

• Understanding the impact of data center noise pollution | TechTarget

Public Health Impacts

• Mitigating the Public Health Impacts of AI Data Centers
• Data Center Boom Risks Health of Already Vulnerable Communities | TechPolicy.Press
• Association between residential proximity to fuel-fired power plants and hospitalization rate for respiratory diseases - PubMed
• Smart Solutions, Hidden Costs: Weighing AI’s Climate and Health Impact
• Unconventional oil and gas development and risk of childhood leukemia: Assessing the evidence - PMC