Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms
Halt the Harm Network participants are invited to a special working session on Tax Incentive Negotiations to stop bad data centers. Data center developers routinely ask for massive tax breaks […]
Halt the Harm Network participants are invited to a special working session on a specific gateway (or phase) of data center development. Data centers cost billions to build, requiring complex […]
Across the country, communities are facing a rapid expansion of data centers powering AI and other digital technologies. While these projects are often promoted as economic development, they can come with major impacts, from rising electricity costs and water use to massive tax breaks for some of the world’s wealthiest companies. In this webinar, organizers […]
Communities across the country are being asked to offer massive tax breaks and subsidies to attract data centers. But do these deals actually benefit local communities or are cities and […]
Across the country, data centers rely on large fleets of diesel generators to provide backup power during outages and testing. While often overlooked in discussions of digital infrastructure, these generators […]
Across the country, communities are experiencing a rapid expansion of data centers. While these projects are often framed as economic development, they come with significant environmental and economic consequences, from rising electricity demand and water consumption to tax incentives and local infrastructure impacts. In this webinar, Ben Murray, an economist and Senior Researcher at Food […]
Halt the Harm Network participants are invited to a special working session on a specific gateway (or phase) of data center development. Even approved projects need multiple permits. Each permit process offers leverage for conditions or delays that can reshape or stop projects. About these Working Sessions These sessions are part of a network project […]
Join Honor the Earth in a conversation about the AI Infrastructure, including generative AIi, hyper scale data centers, critical minerals mining, nuclear expansion & surveillance and their impacts. Additionally, learn […]
As data center development accelerates across the United States, communities, researchers, and policymakers face a growing need for transparent, accessible information about where these facilities are being built, how they […]
This is a special working session on Operational Oversight & Watchdogging to Stop Bad Data Centers (Gateway 7) About these Working Sessions These sessions are part of a network project […]