Economic Impacts - Stop Bad Data Centers

Data center power demand distorts energy markets and strains grids. Climate & Community Institute calls for democratic grid planning and moratoriums over accommodating Big Tech's load growth.

Economic Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts

Community Benefits Agreements Database | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

The Sabin Center at Columbia Law School lists publicly available community benefits agreements for solar, wind, offshore wind, energy storage, carbon capture, transmission and waste management projects in states including New York, California, Massachusetts and Maine. Entries detail payment amounts, escalation schedules and targeted local benefits such as hiring commitments and environmental monitoring.

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts

Better Information through Line-item Labeling (BILL) Drivers Act (H.R.9630, US)

Directs Energy Information Administration to conduct analysis and report on changes in principal electricity cost components reflected in retail electricity bills for each State over last seven years, specifically including “impacts of large load additions, including data centers.”

Economic Impacts

Utilities for All: The People’s Playbook to Ending Debt & Shutoffs

This playbook synthesizes lessons from 16 organizers and activists fighting for affordable, reliable energy and water. Covers tactics for banning utility shutoffs, eliminating consumer debt and building campaigns for local democratic control of utility systems. Funded by the Union for Concerned Scientists.

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

National Zoning Atlas

More than 9,700 U.S. jurisdictions in one searchable, interactive zoning map. The National Zoning Atlas converts local zoning codes into standardized data covering housing type, minimum lot size and parking requirements. Built-in tools generate shareable snapshots, side-by-side town comparisons and downloadable screenshots.

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts, Environmental Impacts

The Hidden Costs of Virginia’s Data Center Subsidy and How They Undermine Public Schools

Virginia's data center sales tax exemption cost the state $1.02 billion in fiscal year 2024. Good Jobs First estimates $267 million of that — about $212 per student — bypassed K-12 schools. Fairfax County schools alone lost an estimated $38 million. Most Virginia counties do not disclose these revenue losses despite accounting rules requiring transparency.

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts

Impact Type: Economic Impacts

Big Tech’s Affordability Fight is Finally Here | TechPolicy.Press

What a boom in building and operating data centers means for Wisconsin’s workforce

‘A muzzle on elected officials’: NDAs ‘cloak’ Louisiana’s biggest business developments | WWNO

Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use | WIRED

Data Center Energy Demand Should be Contested

Better Information through Line-item Labeling (BILL) Drivers Act (H.R.9630, US)