NVIDIA just hit the $5 trillion milestone: who is paying the price?

About this episode

The episode discusses the hidden consequences of Nvidia's $5 trillion market cap on communities in East Asia amidst the AI boom.

As Nvidia hits a $5 trillion market cap and the global race to build faster, smarter AI accelerates, communities in East Asia are bearing with the hidden consequences. In this bonus episode, host Joycelyn Longdon speaks with Katrin Wu from Greenpeace East Asia to uncover how AI supply chain is driving pollution, health risks, and rising emissions, in the attempt of catching up with increasing global energy demands. We hear from Sunryul Kim, a South Korean campaigner who filed a lawsuit against LNG Power Plants being built in his community and Lena Chang a campaigner from Taiwan, who tells us about the impact that the tech industry is having in her homeland. Even as the AI boom brings new pressures and environmental risks to communities in East Asia, there is hope. We can demand real power shifts and redistribution, to ensure those currently paying the unseen price are funded for a truly just transition. What can you do? Sign the petition for a clean, renewable AI supply chain - https://act.gp/4nyaBQr Share the episode to spark conversation about AI’s true footprint Advocate for systemic changes in how the tech industry approaches climate responsibility - pushing for transparency…

People in this episode

Host: Joycelyn Longdon

Guests: Katrin Wu, Sunryul Kim, Lena Chang

Topics covered

• AI
• environment
• pollution
• health risks
• energy demands
• tech industry
• climate responsibility

Keywords

• Nvidia
• AI supply chain
• pollution
• health risks
• emissions
• Greenpeace
• clean energy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Greenpeace East Asia, Greenpeace, Nvidia

Places: East Asia, South Korea, Taiwan

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