Who pays for the cloud?

Welcome to “Skeptic Dinners,” a series of events facilitated by Prof. Massimo Pigliucci, a philosopher and biologist at the City College of New York. The idea is similar to that of the Ancient Greek symposia: let’s get a small number of like-minded people together over drinks and food and discuss interesting subjects!

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What are the pros and cons of having a data center in your town? Does it drive up land prices? How should we think of the environmental and social costs associated with data centers? Who should pay them?

Suggested readings: Who pays for the cloud? The hidden costs of rising data center demand (Carbon Direct)

Buying Land for Data Center Development in 2025 (Data Center Real Estate)

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Location: a private apartment in mid-town Manhattan (west side), the exact address will be communicated to members who rsvp for the event.

Food: we will order pizza, feel free to bring wine to share.