Our mission
We promote the responsible development of data centers in the Northeast and beyond. We educate students, engage with industry, policymakers, and communities, and build informed, evidence-based support for the infrastructure the digital economy requires.
What we do
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Learn how it works
Data centers touch power grids, water systems, land use, and finance. We break down how they are planned, sited, powered, financed, and operated.
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Meet the people building them
Speakers, site visits, and open discussions with industry professionals, policymakers, and community stakeholders.
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Publish our own analysis
Research and written analysis on where and how data centers can be built responsibly, in the Northeast and elsewhere.
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Find your way in
Pathways for members to explore careers in infrastructure, energy, technology, finance, and policy.
Where should the next data center go?
Every site is a set of tradeoffs. We argue about them in the open, with evidence, and we look at the Northeast and at everywhere else.
- PowerWhere will the electricity come from?
- WaterWhat does cooling take from the local supply?
- LandWhat else could this site have been?
- NeighborsWho lives nearby, and did they get a say?
Join the club
The club is for Cornell undergraduate and graduate students. Joining takes one short form where you tell us why you're interested. We're posting it here soon.
- When we meet
- Announced soon
- Where we meet
- Announced soon