Sources & Further Reading
Primary and authoritative sources used for the site's major factual claims. Accessed September 2026.
International Energy Agency — Energy and AI
Global data-center electricity demand, projections, AI-related demand, and emissions context.
International Energy Agency — Key Questions on Energy and AI
Updated 2025 electricity-consumption figures and discussion of AI-focused data centers.
Global Indigenous Data Alliance — CARE Principles
Source for Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, and Ethics and the relationship between data governance and Indigenous self-determination.
Global Indigenous Data Alliance — Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Governance & AI Communiqué (2026)
Applies Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Indigenous Data Governance rights and protections to AI technologies.
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Indian Energy — Data Centers and Tribes (2026)
Potential Tribal economic-development opportunities and considerations including Water, community impacts, transmission, interconnection, and fiber.
DOE — Harnessing Data Centers for Tribal Economic Development
Additional Tribal data-center resources and discussion of projects ranging from small facilities to gigawatt-scale infrastructure.
Carroll et al. (2020), Data Science Journal
Peer-reviewed publication introducing the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance.