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The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet

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The post-lunchtime Climate Week panel featuring tech executives working on AI and data centers was only about a minute into the discussion when a man stood up a few rows over from me in the audience and started yelling.

“The idea that we can keep running on fracked gas is a lie!” he exclaimed as security tackled him.

The panel tried to get back to business after the protester was removed—only to be interrupted again when another person stood up. That’s how things proceeded for the next 10 minutes as protesters with the group Extinction Rebellion NYC staggered interruptions, yelling about various...

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