We're shining a spotlight on the rapid expansion of data centers—and what it means for the health of our communities.
Many of these facilities rely on backup diesel generators and gas turbines that release harmful air pollution, contributing to asthma, heart and lung disease, cancer, and premature death.
Watch this conversation with special guest Dr. Michael Cork, an environmental health scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, whose studies help translate how emissions—especially soot pollution or PM 2.5—from this large-scale infrastructure translate into measurable health and economic costs.