Tech article
Al Gore has a surprisingly calm take on the AI data center backlash
Publisher description: In an interview with TechCrunch, Al Gore suggested he isn't losing sleep over AI data center emissions — he's more worried about the AI industry's own warnings about where the technology is headed.
TechCrunch | Sep 16, 2026 | Connie Loizos
Automated excerpt
In an interview with TechCrunch this week alongside Lila Preston, head of growth equity at their investment firm Generation Investment Management, Gore said emissions from AI data centers aren’t what should keep people up at night, despite the mounting opposition over their environmental impacts. That said, Gore doesn’t treat AI risk and AI’s climate potential as being in opposition. Indeed, Gore noted that globally, clean energy investment now runs at roughly twice the level of fossil fuel investment.
Selected automatically from source text; not independently written or fact-checked. Read the original for full context.