The Hidden Safety Crisis in Data Centers
As the global AI boom accelerates, data centers are multiplying, and with them, overlooked risks to the people who keep them running, including heat, chemicals, fatigue, and stress.
The rapid expansion of data centers worldwide, driven by artificial intelligence, has created a new frontier of occupational safety hazards, largely hidden behind the hum of servers and the pursuit of uptime.
- Global demand for AI has triggered a massive infrastructure boom, consuming enormous amounts of electricity and water.
- Vast data center facilities prioritize uptime over worker safety.
Inside hyperscale data centers, environments are engineered for uptime, not people.
Author's summary: Overlooked safety concerns in data centers pose risks to workers.
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