Data Center Financial Structuring & Credit Approvals (Gateway 5)
About these Working Sessions These bi-weekly meetings are part of a network project addressing the harms of bad data centers. Log-in or sign-up for the network to get involved. The […]
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Data Center Locations Training and Q&A with FracTracker
Data center development keeps accelerating, and leaders need clear, current information about where these facilities are going and how they affect their communities. Drop by to learn more and join the conversation around FracTracker’s Open U.S. Data Centers Tracker. Presenter Mia Glover (FracTracker Alliance) walks through the map live, shows what is new since the […]
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Don’t Panic. Get Organized: Fundamentals of Rural Organizing
Tucker United is a grassroots coalition formed in 2025 after the discovery of plans for a massive gas- and diesel-fueled power plant to be located within 2 miles of their community to power a 10,000-acre data center complex, and the passage of West Virginia House Bill 2014. An unconstitutional piece of legislation that strips counties […]
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The Data Center Decision Tree: A Strategic Guide for Communities
Join staff from Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, Buckeye Environmental Network, FracTracker Alliance, and Ohio River Valley Institute for a walkthrough of the Data Center Decision Tree and a discussion […]
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Data Center Construction & Operational Permits (Gateway 6)
About these Working Sessions These bi-weekly meetings are part of a network project addressing the harms of bad data centers. Log-in or sign-up for the network to get involved. The format is a facilitated Zoom call to share on-the-ground experience, tools, resources, and information. The outcome is a collection of refined tools and knowledge the […]
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Public Utility Commissions 101: Understanding Utility Regulation & How It Fits Into Your Data Center Fight
As data centers place growing demands on our electric grid, many of the biggest decisions about who pays for new infrastructure, how much energy is needed, where new transmission lines are built, and how utilities plan for future growth happen before state Public Utility Commissions (PUCs). Yet for many community advocates, the utility regulatory process […]
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Data Center Oversight & Watchdogging (Gateway 7)
About these Working Sessions These bi-weekly meetings are part of a network project addressing the harms of bad data centers. Log-in or sign-up for the network to get involved. The format is a facilitated Zoom call to share on-the-ground experience, tools, resources, and information. The outcome is a collection of refined tools and knowledge the […]
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Fracking Fuels Data Centers – Protective Buffers Make Communities Safer
Join us for a discussion of how the data center build-out proposed for Pennsylvania will be fueled by more fracking and additional gas power plants. Learn how you can be part of an important effort that seeks more protections for communities. Speakers: Lauren Posey, Environmental Policy Advocate, Protect PT Lisa Hallowell, Senior Attorney, Environmental Integrity […]
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Data Centers: What Iowa Communities Can Do to Prepare and Protect presented by Iowa Chapter Sierra Club
This event is hosted by the Iowa Chapter Sierra Club. Data centers are being proposed across Iowa at an unprecedented pace, bringing questions about water use, energy demand, local control, […]
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Full Disclosure: Data Centers, NDAs, and Transparency
When any new development comes to town, communities should have access to relevant information, including potential benefits, potential concerns, impacts to local infrastructure, and more. Unfortunately, many proposed data centers use non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and other secretive tactics to limit public knowledge of data center development. NDAs are legally binding agreements signed by public officials […]