The following is an uplifting story of what local grassroots advocacy can win: Making sure new data centers pay for the energy they need instead of passing the costs on to families.
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Win in Wisconsin: Data Centers Must Pay for Their Own Electricity
Gas Price Roulette Hurts Families. Affordable Clean Solutions Are at Hand.
Thanks to tech advances, the cost of solar, wind, and battery storage has plummeted this century, so renewables can prevent the price spikes we see with fossil fuels.
Families Deserve a Voice Before Polluters Break Ground on Dirty AI Data Centers
Join Moms in opposing a proposed EPA rule that would stop people from speaking out against development that could lock our families and neighborhoods into decades of added health risks.
AI Data Center Boom Sweeping America Eyes Familiar Target: Tribal Lands
With a land rush for massive data centers underway, Tribal lands are emerging as the next frontier.
3 Unexpected Ways AI Data Centers Are Harming Our Mental Health
The impact of fossil-fuel-powered data centers on the environment we need to live safe and healthy lives is causing psychological harm.
Meet KeShaun Pearson, the Memphis Activist Fighting Elon Musk’s xAI
KeShaun Pearson helped shut down a major polluter in his Memphis neighborhood. Then Colossus—the world’s largest AI facility, owned by Elon Musk—moved in.
Moms Across the Country Tell Shelby County to Stop Elon Musk’s xAI From Polluting Memphis
Memphis families are fighting for their lives—and so are families across the country. Supercomputer facilities to power AI are being planned and built across the nation.
Trump Loves Crypto. Here’s How Communities Are Grappling With Its Mining
As cryptocurrency surges in popularity, communities around the country are facing challenges and learning curves as they contend with large new data centers, increased fossil fuel emissions, stress on the power grid, noise pollution, and more.
Largest Concentration of Data Centers in the World Is Decimating Energy Progress in Virginia
Data centers are the only growing source of energy demand in Virginia, and they are expected to double the load on the state’s electricity grid—which is primarily powered by natural gas—by 2040. This puts the state’s carbon-free electricity goal completely out of reach.
A Memphis Community’s Clean Air Battle With Elon Musk’s xAI Supercomputer
South Memphis’ Boxtown community has been fighting Elon Musk’s enormous artificial intelligence supercomputer facility for over six months. The project powers his artificial intelligence start up xAI and uses 10 times the electricity of other data centers.
Life Under Threat: Wisconsin Farming Community Takes Down AI Data Center
When one mom learned that a data center developer was planning a new AI facility in Greenleaf, Wisconsin, she sprang into action, banding the community together to protect their farmland and family homes from the encroachment of polluting Big Tech.
Another AI Dirty Secret: How the Data Center in Your Backyard Is Being Supported by the World’s Largest Petrochemical Companies
The list of members of the AI Infrastructure Coalition, the group spearheading the industry counteroffensive to public opposition to data centers, may surprise you. It’s not just tech giants, like Meta and Google; it’s also some of the largest fossil fuel companies in the world.