Paris Marx - Photo credit Tania Heath
As artificial intelligence transforms our world, the massive data centres powering it are placing growing demands on energy, water and natural resources. Join Canadian tech critic and author Paris Marx for a critical look at the environmental and social impacts of Big Tech's expanding infrastructure, the consequences for local communities and whether the future envisioned by Silicon Valley is one we should embrace.
This event is complimentary and open to Faculty of Environment students, alumni, faculty and staff. Registration is required as space is limited.
Paris Marx is a Canadian tech critic and host of the acclaimed Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He speaks around the world about the politics of technology and writes the Disconnect newsletter. Paris is the author of Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires.