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Data Centers, A.I., and State Repression
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
17 Oct 2025
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Black Agenda Radio · Data Centers, A.I., and State Repression

We speak with Kali Akuno, co-founder and Director of Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi. He joins us from Jackson to discuss the construction of an Amazon web services data center and the negative impact that data centers and A.I. are having on that community and the nation.

Mississippi
state repression
Artificial Intelligence
Capitalism

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