Data centers and cryptocurrency mining are driving new fossil fuel expansion across the U.S., often with serious, under-recognized public health consequences. In this webinar, researchers from Boston University present findings on health risks tied to fossil fuel infrastructure and data center expansion, and discuss what communities, advocates, and policymakers need to know.
As data centers rapidly expand across the United States, its physical impacts are becoming harder to ignore. Data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities require massive amounts of energy, often supplied by fossil fuel infrastructure that exposes nearby communities to increased health risks.
In this webinar, researchers from Boston University present two complementary studies examining these impacts. One maps how nearly 47 million Americans live near fossil fuel infrastructure associated with elevated health risks. The other examines cryptocurrency mining as a “digital oil boom,” revealing how an emerging tech industry reproduces, and intensifies traditional pollution and health harms.
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