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SUMMARY:The Data Center Frontier: AI Infrastructure & Resistance
DESCRIPTION: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 whose growth is reshaping landscapes\, energy systems\, and political struggles across North America. \n\n\n\nDrawing lessons from Indigenous-led fights against pipelines\, mining projects\, and other forms of extractive infrastructure—as well as successful campaigns to block data centers—speakers will share insights from the frontlines of the data center frontier\, and explore how movements across sites and issues can build durable solidarities in the face of a rapidly expanding digital-industrial regime.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/the-data-center-frontier-ai-infrastructure-resistance/
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SUMMARY:Data Center Hearings Tracker w/ Josephine Gingerich (Network Café Meetup)
DESCRIPTION: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 data center development in the state of Pennsylvania. See the Tracker: padatacentertracker \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Network Café: This is a casual weekly meet up where you can bring topics\, meet other leaders\, and learn about new projects happening for network members. \n\n\n\nSuggest a Topic: Updates\, messaging\, issue specific topics\, tools for organizing\, and more. Leave a comment on any upcoming meetup to seed a new conversation. \n\n\n\nAdd to Calendar: Once you have RSVP’d\, click ‘Add to calendar’ to add the event to your preferred calendar. You’ll receive an email reminder on the day of the event with a link to join. \n\n\n\nI can’t join live — will there be a replay? While we provide recordings for webinars\, these events will only be recorded if there is a presentation component. The privacy of HHN leaders are a top priority.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/data-center-hearings-tracker-w-josephine-gingerich-network-cafe-meetup/
CATEGORIES:Interviews
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T160000
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SUMMARY:Data Center Policy Trends with Tim Bernard
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nAbout Tim Bernard\n\n\n\nTim Bernard is an independent tech policy analyst. He has consulted broadly\, written extensively for Tech Policy Press\, with articles cited in The Atlantic\, Bloomberg’s Tech Daily and a Supreme Court amicus brief\, and also published a white paper for Stanford University’s Program on Platform regulation. Tim has particular expertise with reviewing legislation related to online safety and data centers. He lives in New York City\, where he studied at Cornell Tech and is currently adjunct teaching at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/data-center-policy-trends-with-tim-bernard/
CATEGORIES:Policy Updates
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T130000
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SUMMARY:Data Center Site Selection & Land Use (Gateway 1)
DESCRIPTION:About these Working Sessions \n\n\n\nThese 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.  \n\n\n\nThe 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 whole network can use. Notes and other resources will be shared in a private space for participants.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/data-center-working-sessions-intervention-research-sharing-9/
CATEGORIES:Working Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T140000
DTSTAMP:20260609T193406
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SUMMARY:Chemical Disclosure and FOIA Requests Q&A with environmental attorney Dusty Horwitt
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n​Dusty will share examples from his work and share the types of support he offers leaders in Halt the Harm Network through the Services Lab.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/chemical-disclosure-and-foia-requests-qa-with-environmental-attorney-dusty-horwitt/
CATEGORIES:Interviews
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T130000
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SUMMARY:Data Center Power & Utility Interconnection (Gateway 2)
DESCRIPTION:About these Working Sessions \n\n\n\nThese 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.  \n\n\n\nThe 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 whole network can use. Notes and other resources will be shared in a private space for participants.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/data-center-working-sessions-intervention-research-sharing-3/
CATEGORIES:Working Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T200000
DTSTAMP:20260609T193406
CREATED:20260601T181821Z
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SUMMARY:Building a National Movement to Fight AI Data Centers: Organizing Training Series
DESCRIPTION: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 upon the previous one\, as well as individual workshops can be taken as standalones. This series is part of the larger work of building a movement to advance an alternative vision of a society where our communities determine their own economies and futures. \nTuesday\, May 26: Session Two: Power Analysis & Strategy Development OVERVIEW. The fight against data centers can feel lopsided and discouraging. Learn how to map the power held by different groups and develop a strategy to wield our collective power and tip the balance back to our communities. \nTuesday\, June 2: Session Three: Building Towards Statewide Coalitions OVERVIEW. We need to build the power to win meaningful policy change at the local and state level. This session will be focused on how to develop larger coalitions that can be effective and can help you build enough power to win. \nTuesday\, June 9: Session Four: Leveraging Research to Follow the Money OVERVIEW. Gain tools to ask powerful research questions\, uncover connections and lobbying relationships\, and follow money trails that corporations hide to gain a strategic advantage over our communities. \nTuesday\, June 16: Session Five: Building Sustained Engagement\nOVERVIEW. The battle against new AI data centers is not an easy fight. This session will focus on how to build a plan that helps to sustain and grow community leadership in your campaign and positions your work for the long haul. \nhttps://go.wethefighters.org/DataCenterTraining \nImage: Deborah Lupton / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/building-a-national-movement-to-fight-ai-data-centers-organizing-training-series/
CATEGORIES:Shared Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T140000
DTSTAMP:20260609T193406
CREATED:20260601T181822Z
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SUMMARY:Energy x Data Centers: Why Ratepayer Protections Are Not Enough
DESCRIPTION:Organized by AI Now Institute and the Data Center Working Group. \nThe 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.” The session will include: \n\nExpert analysis from Jean Su\, Energy Justice Program Director and Senior Attorney the Center for Biological Diversity\, on how data center expansion and corporate power are threatening our energy grid\, climate futures\, and everyday ratepayers\nLocal\, state\, and federal policy interventions to protect grid stability\, accelerate use of renewables (without expanding the data center buildout)\, and protect everyday people and localities from fossil fuel expansion\nAn organizer panel with:\n\nKD Minor\, Community Solutions Manager at the Alliance for Affordable Energy\, who will demystify industry tactics to fast-track energy permitting of data centers and share organizing and policy tips to engage with utility commissions\, in Louisiana and beyond.\nDeeDee Belmares\, Co-Founder of Texas Data Center Rebellion and Clean Energy Advocate with Public Citizen\, who will break down clean energy myths and showcase how Texas organizers are simultaneously fighting the data center and fossil fuel industries.\nMarissa Paslick Gillett\, Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project\, who will share ratepayer protection and utility accountability strategies from her previous experience as the Chairman of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.\n\n\n\nApril 22 – June 24\, 2026 | Wednesdays\, 10-11 am PT / 1-2 PM ET \nThis is an 8-part North Star Data Center Policy in Practice training series lays out affirmative\, enforceable policy pathways at the local\, state\, and federal levels to stop\, slow and restrict the rapid expansion of AI data centers across the US. \nCo-hosted with the Data Center Working Group\, each session dives deep into specific policy areas from the North Data Center Policy toolkit\, featuring expert-led analysis and real-world strategies from local and state organizers. The series will cover bans and moratoriums to zoning\, water\, energy\, transparency\, air quality\, and beyond. \nTraining Sessions: \n\nApril 22 — The AI Industry\, Data Center Buildout\, and How to Take Power Back\nApril 29 — Bans\, Moratoriums\, Zoning: How to Stop or Limit Data Center Development\nMay 6 — Protecting Our Water Resources\, Air Quality\, and Public Health from the Data Center Buildout\n*May 21— Hyperscale Data Centers and CBAs: Myths\, Facts\, and What We Do About It\n\n*This session will be on Thursday 12-1 pm ET\n\n\n\n\nMay 27 — Energy x Data Centers: Why Ratepayer Protections Are Not Enough\nJune 3 — Repealing Tax Incentives\, Banning NDAs\, and Myth-busting Economy & Jobs Claims\nJune 10 — Mapping the Data Center Industry: Who Benefits\, Who Calls the Shots\, and What to Do About It\nJune 24 — The Intersections of Big Tech’s Nuclear Buildout and Data Center Expansion
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/energy-x-data-centers-why-ratepayer-protections-are-not-enough/
CATEGORIES:Shared Events,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T191500
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CREATED:20260601T181823Z
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SUMMARY:200 Feet Away: One Family’s Unexpected Fight Against a Data Center
DESCRIPTION:What do you do when you discover a $4 billion data center has been approved 200 feet from your home? \n​Jessica Sharp\, Ohio Organizer with Wilmington Residents for Responsible Development\, thought she was entering her stay-at-home-mom era. Instead\, she found herself learning zoning laws\, uncovering secrecy and NDAs\, organizing neighbors\, working with experts\, hiring a certified planner\, responding to shifting state legislation\, gathering petition signatures\, engaging with the media\, and helping build a movement. \n​“I thought this was my stay-at-home-mom era\, until I found out about this data center in my literal backyard.” \n​Jessica closed on her home the day before zoning for a proposed 4-million-square-foot Amazon Web Services hyperscale data center campus was finalized\, without knowing it. What started as concern over one project quickly evolved into a community-wide effort involving multiple data center proposals\, legal challenges\, referendum campaigns\, and larger questions about transparency and public accountability. \n​Joining Jessica will be Quintin Koger Kidd\, a community advocate who has helped analyze the technical and policy dimensions of Wilmington’s proposed projects. Quintin has become a leading local voice on issues including tax incentives\, zoning compliance\, utility impacts\, and the long-term community impacts of large-scale development. \n​Together they’ll share the story behind Wilmington’s fight and the many unexpected turns along the way. \n​Topics we’ll explore: \n​• Discovering a proposed project after the fact\n• Challenging zoning decisions and procedural issues\n• Working with a certified planner and technical experts\n• State legislation and changing rules\n• Petition and referendum strategies\n• Transparency failures and NDAs\n• Community organizing and media strategy\n• Advice for people just beginning their own fight
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/200-feet-away-one-familys-unexpected-fight-against-a-data-center/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T200000
DTSTAMP:20260609T193406
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SUMMARY:Building a National Movement to Fight AI Data Centers: Organizing Training Series
DESCRIPTION: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 upon the previous one\, as well as individual workshops can be taken as standalones. This series is part of the larger work of building a movement to advance an alternative vision of a society where our communities determine their own economies and futures. \nTuesday\, June 2: Session Three: Building Towards Statewide Coalitions OVERVIEW. We need to build the power to win meaningful policy change at the local and state level. This session will be focused on how to develop larger coalitions that can be effective and can help you build enough power to win. \nTuesday\, June 9: Session Four: Leveraging Research to Follow the Money OVERVIEW. Gain tools to ask powerful research questions\, uncover connections and lobbying relationships\, and follow money trails that corporations hide to gain a strategic advantage over our communities. \nTuesday\, June 16: Session Five: Building Sustained Engagement\nOVERVIEW. The battle against new AI data centers is not an easy fight. This session will focus on how to build a plan that helps to sustain and grow community leadership in your campaign and positions your work for the long haul. \nhttps://go.wethefighters.org/DataCenterTraining \nImage: Deborah Lupton / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/building-a-national-movement-to-fight-ai-data-centers-organizing-training-series-2/
CATEGORIES:Shared Events,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T130000
DTSTAMP:20260609T193406
CREATED:20260304T213009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T005709Z
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SUMMARY:Data Center Water Rights & Environmental Permits (Gateway 3)
DESCRIPTION:About these Working Sessions \n\n\n\nThese 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.  \n\n\n\nThe 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 whole network can use. Notes and other resources will be shared in a private space for participants.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/data-center-working-sessions-intervention-research-sharing-4/
CATEGORIES:Working Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T140000
DTSTAMP:20260609T193406
CREATED:20260602T161905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T162116Z
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SUMMARY:Repealing Tax Incentives\, Banning NDAs\, and Myth-busting Economy & Jobs Claims
DESCRIPTION:The hour long workshop will review the strongest possible local\, state\, and federal policy interventions to stop taxpayer subsidization of the data center buildout and combat corporate secrecy. Hosted by ainowinstitute.org \nThe session will include:\n\nAnalysis from Kasia Tarczynska\, Senior Research Analyst at Good Jobs First\, on how data center siting decisions are made\, how tax breaks and subsidies work\, and how jobs and economic development claims fall far short in reality.\nLocal\, state\, and federal policy interventions to repeal or limit corporate subsidies\, ban NDAs\, require public disclosure and transparency\, and steps to take if you can’t fully ban tax breaks.\nAn organizer and advocate panel with:\n\nMatthew Rodriguez\, Co-Founder of the Amanecer People’s Project and National Data Center Organizing Coordinator at Athena for All\, will walk through El Paso organizing efforts to end tax breaks for data centers\, and the fight against Meta’s $10 billion facility.\nBryce Gustafson\, Program Organizer with Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana\, will break down community tactics to combat corporate secrecy around data centers across the state\, and the impacts of tax subsidies on everyday people.\n\n\n\nRegister here for this session and the rest of the series.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/repealing-tax-incentives-banning-ndas-and-myth-busting-economy-jobs-claims/
CATEGORIES:Shared Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T191500
DTSTAMP:20260609T193406
CREATED:20260601T181824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T160500Z
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SUMMARY:Limiting Harm from Diesel Generators at Data Centers: Examples and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:As data center development explodes across the U.S.\, diesel generator capacity at these facilities has nearly tripled from an estimated 20 GW to 55 GW between 2018 and 2025. Virginia alone has permitted over 10\,000 units with a combined capacity of >27 GW\, enough to power 20 million homes. Hyperscale data centers often have hundreds of diesel generators at a single site. Increasingly\, state and federal policies–including the recent order from the US Department of Energy–incentivize their use outside of unforeseen emergencies. \nIn this webinar and Q&A session\, researchers from the Better Data Center Project\, Dr. Catherine Casomar and Dr. John Bangsund\, will walk through better practices and strategies for limiting harm from diesel generators at data centers. They will outline stronger protections that local community organizers can push for and highlight specific examples of local ordinances and state legislation. There will be plenty of time for Q&A and discussion\, so bring your questions! \nREPORT: Diesel Generators at Data Centers: Status\, Impacts\, and Protective Practices \nSpeaker Bios:\nJohn Bangsund is an interdisciplinary research scientist focused on energy\, the environment\, and health. His experience spans multiple labs and startups\, including work on solar cells\, rapid pathogen detection\, and emissions modeling. Since 2025\, he has worked with the Better Data Center Project studying emissions from energy and backup power at data centers. He holds a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Minnesota. \nCatherine Casomar is a co-founder of the Better Data Center Project\, an organization formed by former federal workers in 2025 to provide technical assistance to communities on the front lines of data center development. She has 15 years of experience in energy and climate and a decade of work advancing equity and justice across sectors. Catherine holds a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Minnesota and a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University. \nPhoto source: ACWA\, Flickr.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/limiting-harm-from-diesel-generators-at-data-centers-examples-and-qa/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T200000
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SUMMARY:Building a National Movement to Fight AI Data Centers: Organizing Training Series
DESCRIPTION: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 upon the previous one\, as well as individual workshops can be taken as standalones. This series is part of the larger work of building a movement to advance an alternative vision of a society where our communities determine their own economies and futures. \nTuesday\, June 9: Session Four: Leveraging Research to Follow the Money OVERVIEW. Gain tools to ask powerful research questions\, uncover connections and lobbying relationships\, and follow money trails that corporations hide to gain a strategic advantage over our communities. \nTuesday\, June 16: Session Five: Building Sustained Engagement\nOVERVIEW. The battle against new AI data centers is not an easy fight. This session will focus on how to build a plan that helps to sustain and grow community leadership in your campaign and positions your work for the long haul. \nhttps://go.wethefighters.org/DataCenterTraining \nImage: Deborah Lupton / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/building-a-national-movement-to-fight-ai-data-centers-organizing-training-series-3/
CATEGORIES:Shared Events,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T200000
DTSTAMP:20260609T193406
CREATED:20260601T181826Z
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SUMMARY:Building a National Movement to Fight AI Data Centers: Organizing Training Series
DESCRIPTION: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 upon the previous one\, as well as individual workshops can be taken as standalones. This series is part of the larger work of building a movement to advance an alternative vision of a society where our communities determine their own economies and futures. \nTuesday\, June 16: Session Five: Building Sustained Engagement\nOVERVIEW. The battle against new AI data centers is not an easy fight. This session will focus on how to build a plan that helps to sustain and grow community leadership in your campaign and positions your work for the long haul. \nhttps://go.wethefighters.org/DataCenterTraining \nImage: Deborah Lupton / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/building-a-national-movement-to-fight-ai-data-centers-organizing-training-series-4/
CATEGORIES:Shared Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T130000
DTSTAMP:20260609T193406
CREATED:20260304T213056Z
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UID:10000024-1781697600-1781701200@datacenters.halttheharm.net
SUMMARY:Data Center Tax Incentive Negotiations (Gateway 4)
DESCRIPTION:About these Working Sessions \n\n\n\nThese 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.  \n\n\n\nThe 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 whole network can use. Notes and other resources will be shared in a private space for participants.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/data-center-working-sessions-intervention-research-sharing-5/
CATEGORIES:Working Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260624T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260624T160000
DTSTAMP:20260609T193406
CREATED:20260601T181827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T160504Z
UID:10000050-1782313200-1782316800@datacenters.halttheharm.net
SUMMARY:Understanding & Preventing Data Center Noise Pollution (Part 1: The Science of Noise)
DESCRIPTION:As data centers rapidly expand across both rural and urban communities\, one issue continues to surface again and again: noise pollution. \nFrom the constant hum of cooling systems to backup generators and industrial-scale mechanical equipment\, communities living near data centers are raising concerns about how noise impacts their daily lives\, sleep\, health\, and overall quality of life. Yet noise is often poorly understood\, difficult to measure\, and inadequately addressed in local policy and permitting processes. \nLes Blomberg\, Founder and Executive Director of the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse and member of the Scientific Advisory Council for Quiet Communities\, will lead this webinar series\, bringing decades of experience researching noise impacts and helping communities understand and address environmental noise challenges. \nThis two-part webinar series is designed to help communities better understand both the science of noise and the tools available to prevent and manage harmful impacts. \nPart 1: The Science of Noise (June 16)\nIn the first session\, we’ll focus on the fundamentals of sound and noise pollution\, including: \n\nHow sound is generated and how it travels\nHow noise impacts rural and urban communities differently\nHow sound is measured\nWhat different decibel readings actually mean and how they do (or don’t) reflect lived experience\nThe health impacts associated with chronic noise exposure\n\nPart 2: Policy\, Prevention\, & Community Protection (June 18)\nThe second session will focus on practical tools communities can use to address noise concerns\, including: \n\nNoise ordinance language and policy examples\nWhat protections communities should push for\nMonitoring\, enforcement\, and compliance considerations\nChallenges communities face when trying to regulate industrial noise from data centers\n\nWhether you are responding to a proposed project\, already living near a data center\, or trying to strengthen local protections\, this series will provide a stronger foundation for understanding and addressing one of the most common and often underestimated impacts of data center expansion. \nSpeaker Bio:\nLes Blomberg\, MA\, is the Founder and Executive Director of the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse\, a national organization dedicated to researching\, documenting\, and reducing the impacts of noise pollution on health and communities. Through the Clearinghouse\, Les has played a key role in preserving and making accessible important research and publications on noise and its societal impacts for researchers\, advocates\, and community leaders. \nOver the years\, he has conducted research on environmental noise and health impacts\, written extensively for magazines\, journals\, and websites\, and advised hundreds of communities\, mayors\, city council members\, zoning boards\, and law enforcement officials on understanding\, implementing\, and enforcing noise regulations. Les also serves on the Scientific Advisory Council for Quiet Communities\, where he helps advance research and solutions to address environmental noise and promote healthier\, quieter communities. \nRelevant Documents:\n\nInformation on Levels of Environmental Noise Requisite to Protect Public Health and Welfare with an Adequate Margin of Safety\, USEPA (Note: beginning on page 124 of the PDF\, in Appendix D\, look at pages D-18\, D-20\, D-21)\nModel Community Noise Control Ordinance\, USEPA
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/understanding-preventing-data-center-noise-pollution-part-one-the-science-of-noise/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T160000
DTSTAMP:20260609T193406
CREATED:20260601T181826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T160437Z
UID:10000049-1782399600-1782403200@datacenters.halttheharm.net
SUMMARY:Understanding & Preventing Data Center Noise Pollution (Part 2: Policy\, Prevention\, and Community Protection)
DESCRIPTION:As data centers rapidly expand across both rural and urban communities\, one issue continues to surface again and again: noise pollution. \nFrom the constant hum of cooling systems to backup generators and industrial-scale mechanical equipment\, communities living near data centers are raising concerns about how noise impacts their daily lives\, sleep\, health\, and overall quality of life. Yet noise is often poorly understood\, difficult to measure\, and inadequately addressed in local policy and permitting processes. \nLes Blomberg\, Founder and Executive Director of the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse and member of the Scientific Advisory Council for Quiet Communities\, will lead this webinar series\, bringing decades of experience researching noise impacts and helping communities understand and address environmental noise challenges. \nThis two-part webinar series is designed to help communities better understand both the science of noise and the tools available to prevent and manage harmful impacts. \nPart 1: The Science of Noise (June 16)\nSee the details on the registration page. \nPart 2: Policy\, Prevention\, & Community Protection (June 18)\nThe second session will focus on practical tools communities can use to address noise concerns\, including: \n\nNoise ordinance language and policy examples\nWhat protections communities should push for\nMonitoring\, enforcement\, and compliance considerations\nChallenges communities face when trying to regulate industrial noise from data centers\n\nWhether you are responding to a proposed project\, already living near a data center\, or trying to strengthen local protections\, this series will provide a stronger foundation for understanding and addressing one of the most common and often underestimated impacts of data center expansion. \nSpeaker Bio:\nLes Blomberg\, MA\, is the Founder and Executive Director of the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse\, a national organization dedicated to researching\, documenting\, and reducing the impacts of noise pollution on health and communities. Through the Clearinghouse\, Les has played a key role in preserving and making accessible important research and publications on noise and its societal impacts for researchers\, advocates\, and community leaders. \nOver the years\, he has conducted research on environmental noise and health impacts\, written extensively for magazines\, journals\, and websites\, and advised hundreds of communities\, mayors\, city council members\, zoning boards\, and law enforcement officials on understanding\, implementing\, and enforcing noise regulations. Les also serves on the Scientific Advisory Council for Quiet Communities\, where he helps advance research and solutions to address environmental noise and promote healthier\, quieter communities. \nRelevant Documents:\n\nInformation on Levels of Environmental Noise Requisite to Protect Public Health and Welfare with an Adequate Margin of Safety\, USEPA (Note: beginning on page 124 of the PDF\, in Appendix D\, look at pages D-18\, D-20\, D-21)\nModel Community Noise Control Ordinance\, USEPA
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/understanding-preventing-data-center-noise-pollution-part-2-policy-prevention-community-protection/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260701T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260701T130000
DTSTAMP:20260609T193406
CREATED:20260304T213625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T005927Z
UID:10000025-1782907200-1782910800@datacenters.halttheharm.net
SUMMARY:Data Center Financial Structuring & Credit Approvals (Gateway 5)
DESCRIPTION:About these Working Sessions \n\n\n\nThese 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.  \n\n\n\nThe 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 whole network can use. Notes and other resources will be shared in a private space for participants.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/data-center-working-sessions-intervention-research-sharing-8/
CATEGORIES:Working Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T130000
DTSTAMP:20260609T193406
CREATED:20260304T213539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T124611Z
UID:10000026-1784116800-1784120400@datacenters.halttheharm.net
SUMMARY:Data Center Construction & Operational Permits (Gateway 6)
DESCRIPTION:About these Working Sessions \n\n\n\nThese 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.  \n\n\n\nThe 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 whole network can use. Notes and other resources will be shared in a private space for participants.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/data-center-working-sessions-intervention-research-sharing-7/
CATEGORIES:Working Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260729T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260729T130000
DTSTAMP:20260609T193406
CREATED:20260304T213456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T122509Z
UID:10000027-1785326400-1785330000@datacenters.halttheharm.net
SUMMARY:Data Center Oversight & Watchdogging (Gateway 7)
DESCRIPTION:About these Working Sessions \n\n\n\nThese 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.  \n\n\n\nThe 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 whole network can use. Notes and other resources will be shared in a private space for participants.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/data-center-working-sessions-intervention-research-sharing-6/
CATEGORIES:Working Sessions
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