Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us: Ketan Joshi on how data centers are a climate justice issue.
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Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy w/ Ketan Joshi | Tech Won’t Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Ketan Joshi to discuss how hyperscale data centers are fueling the consumption of more oil and gas, what that means for climate targets, and the insidious relationship between the tech and fossil fuel industries.
Ketan Joshi is a climate writer and data analyst based in Oslo working with climate and environmental groups.
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Cooling vent fans are seen on the roof of a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Virginia on November 12, 2025.
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)Paris Marx is joined by Ketan Joshi to discuss how hyperscale data centers are fueling the consumption of more oil and gas, what that means for climate targets, and the insidious relationship between the tech and fossil fuel industries.
Ketan Joshi is a climate writer and data analyst based in Oslo working with climate and environmental groups.
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Data Center Opposition Is Uniting Communities w/ Saul Levin / Tech Won’t Save Us
As tech companies race to build hyperscale data centers, communities are coming together to push back. Saul Levin joins Paris Marx to discuss how rising opposition to data center construction is uniting people across party lines and prompting broader conversations around what infrastructure people want instead.
Saul Levin is a community organizer and host of The Hum.
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