6/11/2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern

The American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues (EPI Center), in partnership with the National League of Cities (NLC), invites you to attend a webinar to learn about the energy and water requirements of AI datacenters, and discuss solutions and technological innovations that can benefit communities hosting these datacenters.
 
 

Datacenter Impacts on Municipal Energy, Water, and Air Systems

 
Moderator:
Arti Garg
Chief Technologist, AVEVA, Chair IEEE Environmental Impacts of AI Working Group
 
Speaker:
Shaolei Ren
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Riverside
 
Energy use by AI is expected to triple in just the next few years. Local governments are facing important decisions about how to manage the growing construction of AI datacenters in their communities and what their energy and water needs mean for local electricity grids, freshwater resources, local economies, and neighborhoods. What are the benefits of datacenter construction near your city? What are the drawbacks?
 

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