TWO STARTUP EXECUTIVES addressed grid capacity and water usage concerns held by communities about data centers during a panel discussion at the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association on Wednesday, aiming to assuage public concerns around the negative impact of the centers.  

Panelists Chris Lander, vice president of XFRA at SPAN, an at-home data center developer, and Aaron Tartakovsky, CEO and co-founder of Epic Cleantec, a water recycling technology company, both agreed that it was important for the data center industry to take the public’s concerns seriously and believed it was possible to resolve them.

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A lifelong Bay Area resident and recent UC Berkeley graduate, Eric is inspired by journalism's ability to connect communities and hold power accountable. He plans to continue building his reporting skills before beginning graduate studies this fall.