Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms
This free virtual roundtable brings together Indigenous land defenders, scholar-activists, and grassroots organizers to examine how the rapid expansion of AI and cloud infrastructure is driving new waves of fossil fuel dependence, mineral extraction, land dispossession, and environmental injustice. Far from the immaterial “cloud” promised by Silicon Valley, data centers are vast, resource-intensive industrial facilities […]
At this meet up, we’re going to discuss the Data Center Hearings and Meetings calendar, managed by Josephine Gingerich with PSR PA. Join in to meet Josephine and learn how it works.The Data Center Hearings and Meetings calendar was created in Luma to crowdsource and keep track of upcoming public meetings and webinars related to […]
Join us for another event with data center policy expert Tim Bernard who is available to share updates on policy trends and answer questions based on his work tracking emerging policy on data centers. See the policy tracker for more details. About Tim Bernard Tim Bernard is an independent tech policy analyst. He has consulted […]
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 […]
Join us for a presentation and Q&A with environmental attorney Dusty Horwitt, the attorney whose transparency work helped pass Colorado’s landmark PFAS ban in oil and gas wells, protected the Delaware River Basin from fracking, and has consulted on transparency laws in 16 states. Dusty will share examples from his work and share the types […]
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 […]
The Data Center Working Group, Kairos Fellowship, and Fight Oligarchy team are offering a five-part training series to support organizing and campaign efforts to stop the expansion of data centers. Each session covers key skills and techniques to help groups build winning coalitions, strategies, and campaigns. Sessions have a progressive structure with each workshop building […]
Organized by AI Now Institute and the Data Center Working Group. The hour long workshop will review the strongest possible interventions to protect our energy grid and ratepayers from the data center buildout—and explain why it’s not enough for the data center industry to “pay its fair share” for electricity or pursue “clean data centers.” […]
What do you do when you discover a $4 billion data center has been approved 200 feet from your home? Jessica Sharp, Ohio Organizer with Wilmington Residents for Responsible Development, thought […]
The Data Center Working Group, Kairos Fellowship, and Fight Oligarchy team are offering a five-part training series to support organizing and campaign efforts to stop the expansion of data centers. Each session covers key skills and techniques to help groups build winning coalitions, strategies, and campaigns. Sessions have a progressive structure with each workshop building […]