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Site Fight Guide: Stop Data Centers, Free the Robots [LIVING DOC] by members of the Data Center Working Group
This guide support community members and organizers to launch a data center site fight, or join ongoing efforts. It breaks down what data centers are, strategies and organizing tips to […]
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Data Centers: Key Reforms for State Subsidy Legislation – Good Jobs First
To protect workers and local budgets, it is recommended to eliminate taxpayer subsidies for data centers, reform incentives, and study their impact. Key reforms include disqualifying data centers from various […]
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Power for the People Act of 2026: a federal structural reform of data centers
A federal bill to promote the creation of data center load queues and data center-specific rate classes to mitigate the impact of data centers on other electricity consumers, and for […]
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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 […]
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The City of Madison, WI Moratorium on Data Centers
A temporary moratorium is established on zoning certificates for data centers and telecommunications centers over 10,000 square feet in Madison, allowing time to assess their environmental and infrastructure impacts. This […]
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Data Centers Issue Brief | National Caucus of Environmental Legislators
This NCEL issue brief outlines state legislative strategies to address data center impacts on the electricity grid, ratepayers, and clean energy goals. It highlights bills from Texas, Georgia, Utah, Virginia, […]
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North Star Data Center Policy Toolkit
This comprehensive 85-page policy toolkit provides specific legislative and regulatory language for local and state governments to stop, slow, and restrict data center development through enforceable interventions. Offers detailed legal […]
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Community Benefits Agreement Template by NAACP
A template for Community Benefits Agreements created by the NAACP outlines various impact types including community, economic, environmental, and public health. It serves as a resource for local policies related […]
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Data Center Laws and Regulations Tracking by We Build Progress
Tracking laws and regulations related to data centers, focusing on community, environmental, infrastructure, and public health impacts. The resource is categorized under government and policy, and is published by We […]
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Bills Protecting Ratepayers from Data Center Costs and Incentivizing Sustainable Tech Infrastructure Introduced
Two bills introduced in California aim to protect ratepayers from rising energy costs associated with data centers while promoting sustainable practices. Senate Bill 886 requires the Public Utilities Commission to […]
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms