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Rivers and Data Centers
A single large data center can consume up to 5 million gallons of water daily, matching the use of 15,000 homes. Power plants supplying that electricity also withdraw billions of gallons from rivers. Companies routinely keep this water-use data confidential, blocking local communities and regulators from planning around it.
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Strategies from the Front Lines: How Communities Fight Data Centers
Springdale, Pennsylvania resident Matt Lang fought a newly approved data center by attending borough council meetings and delivering a petition. Additional tactics covered include filing Right-to-Know requests, updating local zoning ordinances, requesting health impact assessments, and negotiating community benefits agreements with developers.
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Establishing a Community Environmental Baseline with You and Your Neighbors
This document is a step-by-step guide to testing radon, PFAS, air quality, and noise levels on a property before nearby industrial development begins. Specific tools named include the Pennsylvania Radon Map, Cyclopure PFAS test kits, and USGS water monitoring stations for building a baseline record.
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Our Stories, Our Voices — Organizing Toolkit
The Black Appalachian Coalition's toolkit examines storytelling as an organizing strategy, tracing intergenerational narratives, symbols and archetypal frameworks such as David and Goliath. Sections spotlight organizer Marcelas Owens and connect short-term campaign wins to long-term power building for community advocacy work.
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms