The AI Buildout Is a Boon for the Fossil Fuel Industry—With Ketan Joshi

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The AI Buildout Is a Boon for the Fossil Fuel Industry—With Ketan Joshi


The NEXTDC data center in the northern Canberra suburb of Bruce, Australia, on August 26, 2026.

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Tech companies are working with the fossil fuel industry to push unnecessary data center projects while misrepresenting the climate impact—and governments are letting it all happen. Ketan Joshi joins Paris Marx to discuss how the data center buildout is driving a surge in fossil fuel investment, and how it’s all playing out in Australia.

Ketan Joshi is a climate writer and data analyst based in Oslo working with climate and environmental groups.

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Paris Marx

Paris Marx is the author of Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires. He hosts the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast and writes the Disconnect newsletter.



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