Grace Nolan, grace@team-arc.com
Washington, D.C. – Gains in clean energy and emissions reductions are being stunted by the increasing demand for electricity from data centers, electrifying vehicles and industries, and reshoring manufacturing. Utilities are extending the life of obsolete and dirty coal plants and proposing new gas-burning plants, putting climate targets at risk.
Yesterday, a consortium of companies announced the creation of the Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership, which intends to invest $30 billion to expand data centers as well as the decarbonized energy infrastructure needed to power these facilities.
Today, the Sierra Club will unveil Demanding Better, a guide for how tech companies, including the new Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership, can leverage their influence to decrease climate pollution as demand for electricity increases due to their products.
Who: Laurie Williams, Director of the Beyond Coal Campaign for the Sierra Club and report co-author
Jeremy Fisher, Principal Advisor on Climate and Energy for the Sierra Club and report co-author
Ann Bennett, volunteer Data Center Issue Chair of the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter
What: Virtual press conference to unveil Demanding Better, a guide for data center and electric grid decarbonization
Where: Register here
When: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 1:30pm ET
Contact Grace at grace@team-arc.com for an embargoed copy of the report.
About the Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with millions of members and supporters. In addition to protecting every person's right to get outdoors and access the healing power of nature, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information, visit www.sierraclub.org.