@mwoluchem.bsky.social
Program Director of Trustworthy Infrastructures @datasociety.bsky.social & talking about racial capitalism @ NYU Wagner. Formerly Ford Foundation, MIT DUSP. She/her.
@the-syllabus.bsky.socialReposted by @mwoluchem.bsky.socialIf current proposals advance, Pennsylvania could see 66 new data centers built, on top of the 71 currently active. But as our hidden gem of the week shows, communities are pushing back.
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@mikerugnetta.comReposted by @mwoluchem.bsky.socialToday we put out this episode about data center construction and resistance to it across Pennsylvania. I talk with @mwoluchem.bsky.social + @cellllla.bsky.social about their recent @datasociety.bsky.social report "The AI Factory: Data Centers, Power, and Resistance in Late Industrial Pennsylvania."
@datasociety.bsky.socialReposted by @mwoluchem.bsky.socialThe Community-Centered AI infrastructure Summit is live streaming today! Tune in NOW to see D&S's @mwoluchem.bsky.social's keynote and stay for more on the opportunities, challenges, and governance of AI infrastructure development in Pennsylvania. communityaisummit.org
@datasociety.bsky.socialReposted by @mwoluchem.bsky.socialD&S's @mwoluchem.bsky.social describes her team’s research on Pennsylvania’s industrial lineage, the mythmaking that builds on it, and the pushback that defines this moment. “We learned that it takes a lot of work to make an AI factory seem inevitable,” she says. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPgA...
@livgar.bsky.socialReposted by @mwoluchem.bsky.socialAfter two years of work, the AI factory is out! We spent months in Pennsylvania understanding how the "AI race " is landing on communities and how they are fighting back.
@alicetiara.bsky.socialReposted by @mwoluchem.bsky.socialI am SO DELIGHTED to announce that our brand new report: The AI Factory: Data Centers, Power, and Resistance in Late Industrial Pennsylvania is out today. datasociety.net/research-lib... TechCrunch has the scoop: techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/e...
@datasociety.bsky.socialReposted by @mwoluchem.bsky.social“People in Pennsylvania especially have incredible experience with industrial change, have deep lineages of industrial trauma, enough to sniff when things don’t feel right to them,” report coauthor @mwoluchem.bsky.social tells @techcrunch.com. techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/e...
@mwoluchem.bsky.socialThis is such an important event - an opportunity for so many different actors to engage on what AI Infrastructure means moving forward in Pennsylvania. Please come join us!
@mwoluchem.bsky.socialThere are infinite people to thank, but for now singing praises for the women of Trustworthy Infrastructures (and the babies in utero during this trip): @livgar.bsky.social, @anthrotechana.bsky.social, Joan Mukogosi, and @cellllla.bsky.social. So much more to come in the next few weeks - stay tuned!
@mwoluchem.bsky.socialIn it, we trace PA's industrial lineage, follow the mythmaking AI boosters used to build on it, and the many communities that challenged this theft & these expectations. We study what it takes to force an AI factory into being and what it says about America's past and present.
@mwoluchem.bsky.socialAfter 18 months following Pennsylvania's march towards data centers, we're so excited to launch "The AI Factory" at #ClimateWeekNYC, alongside our friends at @pulitzercenter.org, @texastribune.org, and @foodandwater.bsky.social. This process was so full of heart, and we can't wait to share more.
