Sherelle Dorsey

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306 appearances 4 recordings 2 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 28 Jun

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TED Talks Daily · Sunday Pick: The Data Center Next Door with Dr. Jacoby Wilson | from TED Tech · 14 Jun 2026 podcast

I think especially because we do know that, you know, businesses, but particularly sometimes the tech industry can respond with this idea that community benefit agreements or promises around energy efficiencies or workforce development programs sort of trump

Potentially some of the issues that might be associated with these facilities.

Now, Dr. Wilson, if a community somewhere else in this country is watching data center proposals start to move through their local government right now, what should they be doing this week to get organized or to be ready to ask critical questions?

You know, as we close, you spent your career at this intersection of science and policy as well as community advocacy.

What gives you hope that this fight is winnable?

We are so grateful to have you in this conversation and to have your expertise also here at the table and on the TED Tech podcast.

And we are looking forward to just continuing to see how this storyline continues to expand.

So thank you for your time.

That was Dr. Shakobi Wilson, director of the Center for Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health at the University of Maryland.

This is the first episode in our special series on data centers, the physical infrastructure powering the AI economy and the communities being asked to host it.

Next week, we're heading to Memphis, Tennessee, where residents are fighting a different version of the same fight.

That's our show.

Thanks for listening.

TED Tech is a podcast from TED.

This episode was produced by Rahima Nassar.

Our editor is Alejandra Salazar.

And the show is fact-checked by Julia Dickerson.

Special thanks to Constanza, Gallardo, Daniela, Bellareso, Maria Ladias, Tanzika Sangmanivan, and Roxanne Heilash.

If you're enjoying the show, make sure to subscribe and leave us a review so other people can find us too.

I'm Sherelle Dorsey.

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