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Professor Suda Ishida (English and Communication Studies) presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference in Singapore on July 17.   Ishida discussed the environmental impacts of data centers, particularly their energy and water consumption, and the way such impacts are reported by American media. The presentation focused on digital colonialism and global environmental injustice, highlighting how tech giants such as Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are expanding their AI operations and building data centers in rural communities and developing countries to exploit local energy and water resources.