The Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development co-released the <a href="https://www.datacenterresponsibility.com/datacenteroppositionreport" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Data Center Opposition Report</a> in April 2026, which we discuss in this episode with Kris Akin and Matthew Shaw. Recorded June 23, 2026. Released July 27, 2026. <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.datacenterresponsibility.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmel.hogan%40queensu.ca%7C1b938149934b453f97a108ded779b532%7Cd61ecb3b38b142d582c4efb2838b925c%7C1%7C0%7C639185114919650457%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=p8UINDGuZZ7qZXguhH8IO7%2FfX1lyZuqm4qTgK8dOLnU%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development</a> <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.datacenterresponsibility.com%2Fourresearch&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmel.hogan%40queensu.ca%7C1b938149934b453f97a108ded779b532%7Cd61ecb3b38b142d582c4efb2838b925c%7C1%7C0%7C639185114919679368%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=igoO9H7yv0EMYio%2FApo0h7%2B5azhv1RCsukuT6WB1zfc%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Our Research — Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development</a> <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.datacenterresponsibility.com%2Fdatacenteroppositionreport&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmel.hogan%40queensu.ca%7C1b938149934b453f97a108ded779b532%7Cd61ecb3b38b142d582c4efb2838b925c%7C1%7C0%7C639185114919703245%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=rc7GXbRMPgHKDgKcyMN%2F4kytQ%2FLLcAgQqrg8t9GAdrs%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Data Center Opposition Report — Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development</a> <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.datacenterresponsibility.com%2Fmapofcommunityorganizations&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmel.hogan%40queensu.ca%7C1b938149934b453f97a108ded779b532%7Cd61ecb3b38b142d582c4efb2838b925c%7C1%7C0%7C639185114919725110%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=WqCmMYfNK5qxa%2BJAmNRth3XYcteu7eKMwKopsIyRhdk%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Map of Community Organizations Focusing on Data Centers — Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Plausible, with Tracy Valcourt

Hi everyone, my name is Mél Hogan and I’m a critical media studies scholar based in Canada. I’m working on a project called The Data Fix through a series of conversations with scholars, thinkers, and feelers. Together we explore the significance of living in a world of data, and especially the growing trend of “digital humans” in the form of chatbots, holograms, deepfakes, ai images and videos, and even tech that revives the dead. The conversations are minimally edited, and serve as an archive of the collective thinking and feeling that is going into the Data Fix project. Please see thedatafix.net for more details and show notes. Thank you so much for listening.&nbsp;Cover art by Oona Ode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.