A data center brings heat, air pollution, water use, noise, and light to its neighbors, and each one answers to a different regulator. The state environmental agency permits the backup generators. The utility commission approves the power. The local zoning board approves the site. None of them owns health, and no one adds up the combined effect on the people next door.

Dr. Allison Alimayu brings a public health researcher's framework to that gap. Her doctoral research mapped heat-related health risk across Nevada. She serves as a commissioner on the North Carolina Oil and Gas Commission, and she wrote the Democratic National Committee resolution calling for siting decisions to account for noise and the cumulative impacts of pollution. In this session, she lays out every dimension a full health assessment should cover, why each one matters, and how any town, county, or community organization can get the information before a decision is made.

Audiences leave knowing which questions to ask, which agencies to press, and how to keep watch after a site is built.

Formats: keynote, panel, moderated conversation, or training. Length: 30 to 60 minutes, adaptable. Audience: local governments, public health agencies, regulators, and community and environmental organizations. Available in person across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, or virtually.