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SUMMARY:The Economics and Environmental Impacts of Data Centers
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, Ben Murray\, an economist and Senior Researcher at Food & Water Watch\, will explain the economic and environmental dynamics behind data center development. Drawing on his research into energy and water use\, Ben will walk through what data centers are\, why they require so much power and water\, where those resources come from\, and what the broader economic implications are for communities. \n\n\n\nBen will also discuss how communities are responding to data center proposals and what strategies can be used to challenge or stop projects that threaten local resources.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/the-economics-and-environmental-impacts-of-data-centers/
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SUMMARY:Working Session on Gateway 6: Construction & Operational Permits
DESCRIPTION:Halt the Harm Network participants are invited to a special working session on a specific gateway (or phase) of data center development. \n\n\n\nEven approved projects need multiple permits. Each permit process offers leverage for conditions or delays that can reshape or stop projects. \n\n\n\nRead more about Construction & Operational Permits\nEven after major approvals\, data centers still need a cascade of individual permits to actually build and operate: building permits\, electrical and mechanical permits\, air quality permits for backup generators\, stormwater management approvals\, fire safety certifications\, and more. Each permit has its own review process\, inspections\, and potential conditions all creating ongoing touchpoints throughout construction and into operation. \n\n\n\nThis stage matters because it’s granular and ongoing. While communities may lose broader battles\, permit processes offer multiple opportunities to secure protective conditions\, identify code violations\, demand enhanced monitoring\, and document non-compliance. Building inspectors\, air quality officials\, and fire marshals have specific technical mandates and often respond to well-documented concerns. Violations during construction can trigger stop-work orders\, fines\, and requirements for corrective action. \n\n\n\nLet’s discuss how leaders can track permits\, attend public hearings and inspections\, file technical challenges to inadequate plans\, and demand enforceable permit conditions with clear penalties.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout these Working Sessions \n\n\n\nThese sessions are part of a network project addressing the harms of bad data centers.   \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. As a participant you can access the shared document for notes and resources.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/working-session-for-gateway-6/
CATEGORIES:Deep Dives
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T190000
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SUMMARY:Connecting the Dots: Data Centers\, Generative AI\, and the Tools to fight back
DESCRIPTION:​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 about the necessary tools to fight back! \n\n\n\n​Krystal is an Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne grassroots organizer with experience on the frontlines doing campaign development and management around social\, racial and environmental justice. Krystal’s identity as a Native American veteran is central to her organizing and storytelling. At the heart of Krystal’s work is Sovereignty\, LANDBACK\, cross movement relationship building and a deep commitment to her People. In healing from her experience as a veteran\, Krystal has dedicated herself to embodying what she views as the essential quality of a warrior: a commitment to the well-being of not only her People and their relationship to the land\, but that of all Peoples.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/connecting-the-dots-data-centers-generative-ai-and-the-tools-to-fight-back/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T140000
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SUMMARY:Mapping the Data Center Boom: How to Use FracTracker's Open Tracker for Your Community
DESCRIPTION: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 are powered\, and what impacts they may have. FracTracker Alliance originally released its U.S. Data Centers Tracker in July 2025 — the first open-access\, facility-level dataset and interactive mapping tool documenting the rapid buildout of AI and data center infrastructure across the country. \n\n\n\n​The map has now been re-released as the Open U.S. Data Centers Tracker Dashboard\, optimized for advocacy use. It brings together information on project status\, energy demand\, operators\, and community resistance\, allowing users to explore where development is occurring and how it intersects with local infrastructure\, community demographics\, environmental conditions\, and governance. \n\n\n\n​This webinar will highlight how the tracker can be used in practice — from identifying proposed projects before construction begins\, to understanding regional hotspots like Northern Virginia and Georgia\, to exploring how community resistance and policy interventions are shaping outcomes. \n\n\n\n​Learn how to: \n\n\n\n\n​Navigate the new Open U.S. Data Center Tracker\n\n\n\n​Interpret key data fields such as project status and energy demand\n\n\n\n​Apply the tool to local organizing\, policy analysis\, academic research\, and advocacy campaigns\n\n\n\n\n​The session will also cover broader trends in data center expansion\, including the rise of hyperscale facilities\, concentration of development among a few major operators\, and the growing role of community resistance.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/mapping-the-data-center-boom-how-to-use-fractrackers-open-tracker-for-your-community/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Operational Oversight & Watchdogging to Stop Bad Data Centers (Gateway 7)
DESCRIPTION:This is a special working session on Operational Oversight & Watchdogging to Stop Bad Data Centers (Gateway 7) \n\n\n\nAbout these Working Sessions\n\n\n\nThese sessions are part of a network project addressing the harms of bad data centers. \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. As a participant you can access the shared document for notes and resources.
URL:https://datacenters.halttheharm.net/event/operational-oversight-watchdogging-to-stop-bad-data-centers-gateway-7/
CATEGORIES:Working Sessions
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T150000
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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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