The AI data center boom could amplify the problem. The former waste picker is the founder of the Dandora Recyclable Waste CBO, which advocates for waste pickers at the dumpsite. Also: How would AI data centers in space even work? The US is already home to thousands of data centers, but not all of them are hyperscale data centers. And when governments and NGOs create policy around e-waste, waste pickers need to be in the room, and not just in a tokenized capacity.