AI & Data Centers: What Are They Building?

​This is a a free and open event - we’ll watch a video and learn together, then discuss our opinions. You’ll come away with a better understanding of AI and develop your own ideas about this transformational technology.

​You may have heard a lot about data centers - their environmental effects, how much energy they use, and how communities are nervous to invite them into the neighborhood.

​But why are data centers being constructed all around the country in the first place?

​Join us for two short videos, a news report on the growing local backlash and an explainer connecting it to the push toward AI that could match or even surpass human abilities, followed by a friendly, guided group conversation. No tech background needed. Come and learn about this timely subject, hear your neighbor’s thoughts, and develop your own opinion.