Brazil already has more than 160 data centers and is expected to receive billions in new investments in the sector. However, along with innovation, these infrastructures consume massive amounts of energy, water, and minerals — generating emissions, waste, and impacts on ecosystems and traditional territories.
LAPIN’s new report investigates six major companies — Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Ascenty, Elea, and Scala — uncovering gaps in transparency, unrealistic climate goals, and a lack of dialogue with local communities. It also presents recommendations to make the governance of these infrastructures more accountable and aligned with socio-environmental justice.
Read the full report “Artificial Intelligence and Data Centers: Corporate Expansion in Conflict with Socio-environmental Justice” and discover what lies behind this rapid expansion.
