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Are AI Datacenters a Threat to our Clean Energy Future? Local & Global Perspectives
About this event
Join Pratt Institute’s Sustainable Environmental Systems program for our third annual just energy transition event during NYC Climate Week. Global and local experts will join in conversation across just energy challenges, solutions, and perspectives with a particular focus on the rapid expansion of energy-hungry datacenters powering artificial intelligence (AI). Key themes of the conversation will include: decarbonization, climate finance, climate diplomacy, infrastructure, the path to net zero, water, tech and AI, incentives for transition, green economy, and the SDGs.
Event details
- Date
- Sep 24, 2026
- Format
- In-person
- Location
- New York, United States
- Focus area
- Sustainability
- Cost
- Listed on the event site
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