An archive of news coverage, videos, and reports tracking AI data centers and their impact on U.S. communities. Sorted newest first.
Grand Junction Approves Up-to-One-Year Moratorium on Large Data Centers
Plymouth, Mass., Town Meeting Votes 149–0 for a Yearlong Data Center Moratorium
California Cities Pull the Plug on Data Centers After State Regulations Don’t Scale Up Fast Enough
Raleigh Approves 6-Month Data Center Moratorium as Activists Push for Longer Pause
Amazon Says It No Longer Uses NDAs With Governments, Pledges $1 Billion to Data Center Communities
Rep. Raskin Opens Inquiry Into Amazon, Google, Meta and Oracle Over Data Center NDAs With Local Officials
Developer Offers $10,000 Checks to Pennsylvania Households — Residents Still Say No to Project Hazelnut
California Governor Signs Broad Data Center Oversight Bill Package
The Erin Brockovich Guide to Fighting Data Centers in Your Back Yard
Erin Brockovich Named to the 2026 TIME100 AI — Honored for Mapping Community Reports on AI Data Centers
Data Center Controversy Unseats Powerful Utah Lawmaker — Senate President Stuart Adams Loses Primary in Historic Defeat
Severe Flooding in Mason County, WV Caused by Data Center Construction — Residents to Be Reimbursed
In Rural Montana, a Rancher Takes On a 5,000-Acre AI Data Center
Kevin O'Leary's Massive Utah AI Data Center Faces Mounting Opposition
Liberals and Conservatives Are Finding Common Ground — Against Data Centers
What You Need to Know About AI Data Centers
Maine Moves to Ban New AI Data Centers Over Energy Grid Concerns
Data Center Backlash Grows
How the Data Center Industry Is Responding to Growing Pushback and New Regulation
Data Centers Are Contributing to PFAS “Forever Chemical” Pollution
States Push Back on Data Centers as AI Infrastructure Spreads Nationwide
Amazon Agrees to Settle $20.5M Class Action Over AI Data Center Pollution in Eastern Oregon
NC Communities Push Back on AI Data Centers — “Project Delta” Lawsuit
Two Muscogee Women Featured on Cover of TIME for Leadership on AI Data Center Fight
Report Links Amazon Data Center to Rare Cancers in Ohio
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