Events
Data Centers and Health: Understanding the Impacts and Taking Action
August 5 - September 16, 2026
Virtual
Across the United States, we are seeing a massive buildout of AI data centers. Health professionals are increasingly concerned about the potential harms and impacts and want to know how to respond.
Join the Medical Society Consortium on Climate Change and Health, Healthy Climate Wisconsin, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, and the American Public Health Association for a timely webinar series that will equip attendees with the knowledge they need to speak confidently about the health and environmental justice harms from the rapid buildout of data centers.
Upcoming Sessions
August 19, 2026 @ 2PM ET – Local, State, and Federal Policy Landscape
Abre’ Conner, Esq., Director of the Center for Environmental and Climate Justice, NAACP
Brittany Keyes, DPT, Clean Air Policy Manager, Healthy Climate Wisconsin
September 2 @ 2PM ET – Advocacy, Partnerships, and Building Effective Coalitions
September 16 @ 2PM ET – Combating Mis- and Disinformation and Industry Opposition
Previous Sessions
Session1 – What are the health and equity impacts of data centers? | WATCH THE RECORDING HERE
Dr. Francesca Dominici, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population, and Data Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Micah Nishigaki, MD, 2025 Climate & Health Equity Fellow
Natasha DeJarnett, PhD, MPH, BCES, Assistant Professor, Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, University of Louisville Division of Environmental Medicine