24 September | New York

A strategy discussion at New York Climate Week 2026, bringing together frontline actors fighting data centers in communities and the policy advocates fighting for guardrails to prevent their economic, social, and climate harms. In this time of relentless attacks on people and planet, our strength is our aligned action. Just as the carbon bubble analysis equipped a generation of climate activists, bringing together community, economic, and political AI expertise can strengthen the fight on the ground.

SPEAKERS & TOPICS

  • The AI bubble could burst — and take the economy with it
    • Matthew Scherer, Open Markets Institute
  • Federal principles for data centers and AI governance
    • Clara Vondrich and J.B. Branch, Public Citizen
  • The Investor Dilemma
    • Danielle Fugere, As You Sow
  • How communities are stopping data centers
    • Abre’ Conner, NAACP
  • Private equity financing of data centers
    • Ashlee Thomas, Private Equity Stakeholder Project
  • Big Tech: now Big Oil’s #1 Accomplice
    • Holly Alpine, Embedded Emissions
  • Data Centers and Democracy
    • Saul Levin, Hum podcast