Read the latest news from Moms Clean Air Force staff and members in Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Fairfax County mom fights for clean air as VA data centers expand
Health & Climate Impacts of Data Centers
Virginia Mom Julie shares facts about data centers in her community. Loudoun County, VA, is home to the largest concentration of data centers—including AI data centers—in the world. The health and climate impacts of these facilities are very real and happening right …
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.
AI, Data Centers, and Air Pollution
Learn more about AI and how data centers create climate and air pollution problems, require extensive water use, and cover a lot of land.
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.
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.
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.
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.