A medical student compares the 2022 Pakistan floods, which displaced 33 million people, to Indiana's growing carbon footprint from planned data center campuses. The article connects extreme heat, worsening air quality, and rising rates of heat illness, asthma, and cardiovascular events to corporate energy demand. It argues that climate-driven health burdens fall hardest on low-income communities and people of color, whether in Pakistan or the U.S. Midwest. Residents of Starke County, Indiana recently won a 12-month moratorium on data center construction, showing that local organizing can slow emissions-heavy projects. The piece frames climate health as a patient care issue, not just a policy debate. For anyone tracking the intersection of grid demand, carbon policy, and public health, this is a grounded firsthand account.
