Economic Impacts - Stop Bad Data Centers

Henrico County, Virginia channels $60 million in data center tax revenue into an Affordable Housing Trust Fund supporting roughly 150 homes per year for moderate-income buyers. The Partnership for Housing Affordability and Maggie Walker Community Land Trust help administer the fund. Covers federal policy options for replicating the model in other jurisdictions.

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts

AI Data Center Statistics 2026: The $200 Billion Revolution in Global Infrastructure

U.S. data centers consume 4.4 percent of national electricity, with large facilities using up to 5 million gallons of water daily. Compiles growth rates, carbon emissions of 50–75 million tonnes CO2 in 2025, investment projections reaching $7 trillion by 2030 and capacity concentration among AWS, Microsoft and Google.

AI-Specific Risk Analysis, Economic Impacts, Environmental Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts

Data Center Accountability and Citizen Protection Act (HB983, OH)

Excludes data centers from a privacy provision for businesses receiving financial incentives. Requires a citizen vote of any town within 5 miles before approval of a data center or data center expansion. Details including noise, light and power generation to be made public before votes. Directs director of environmental protection to establish air emission and…

Economic Impacts, Environmental Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts, Public Health Impacts

The Trade Shortage Crisis: How Data Centers Are Exposing America’s Skills Gap

Economic Impacts, Human Rights & Labor Exploitation

Pennsylvania data center boom faces both support, opposition

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts

Local Opposition Is Slowing A.I. Data Centers. Wall Street Has Noticed.

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts

I am not scared of AI. I am scared of us.

AI-Specific Risk Analysis, Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts, Public Health Impacts

National Coalition Against Cryptomining (NCAC)

The National Coalition Against Cryptomining (NCAC) is a grassroots advocacy organization working across 21 states to oppose the harms of proof-of-work cryptomining and AI data centers. The coalition documents how these operations consume massive energy, drive up utility costs, pollute air and water, and disrupt communities while remaining largely unregulated. NCAC supports local chapters and…

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts, Environmental Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts

Policies for Data Centers, 2026

This Sierra Club policy brief outlines four categories of state-level guardrails to mitigate data center impacts: ratepayer protections through large load tariffs and cross-subsidy prevention, clean energy accountability via RPS enforcement and on-site renewable mandates, reform of tax and utility incentives, and public health protections addressing cumulative air emissions from backup diesel generators. The document…

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts, Environmental Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts, Public Health Impacts

Impact Type: Economic Impacts

Oracle and OpenAI Cancel Abilene, Texas Data Center Expansion

AI Data Center Statistics 2026: The $200 Billion Revolution in Global Infrastructure

Data Center Accountability and Citizen Protection Act (HB983, OH)

The Trade Shortage Crisis: How Data Centers Are Exposing America’s Skills Gap