Resource Type: Videos

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June 19, 2026

MediaJustice – YouTube Channel

MediaJustice produces videos and webinars breaking down Big Tech infrastructure — what data centers physically are, how they affect local communities and why expansion keeps accelerating. Episodes document grassroots campaigns against displacement and resource extraction while framing AI, surveillance and data center growth as civil rights issues.

Environmental Justice, Public Engagement
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June 19, 2026

Virginia Data Center video.

Northern Virginia, the data center capital of the world, faces significant local consequences from the industry's growth, including massive industrial buildings consuming farmland and green spaces, a strain on electricity and water resources, and increased noise pollution affecting residents. Advocates call for better planning and regulation to address these impacts.

Agriculture/Farmland, Community Organizing, Energy, Government & Policy, Noise, Utilities & Power, Water Quality & Quantity
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June 19, 2026

Community Benefits Agreements- ReImagine Appalachia: -Economic, Community and Responsible Development Principles by ReImagine Appalachia

ReImagine Appalachia explains Community Benefits, showing how communities can push big projects to give something back to communities. • Explanations of Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) and how they work • Guides and toolkits for communities and advocates • Policy examples and model language • Case studies showing community benefits in action • Resources connecting economic…

Coalition Building, Community Organizing, Detection & Monitoring, Public Engagement
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June 19, 2026

Data Centers: Transparency Makes Good Neighbors – Science for Georgia

Science for Georgia's comprehensive resource page on data center impacts in the state, covering power and water consumption, tax revenue losses, job creation myths, and community health effects. The page provides a step-by-step advocacy framework — from demanding transparency and writing local ordinances to negotiating community benefit agreements — along with an interactive data center…

Big Tech, Community Benefits Agreement, Community Organizing, Economic Analysis, Energy, Environmental Justice, Government & Policy, Jobs, Legal & Zoning, Noise, Public Engagement, Taxes, Utilities & Power, Water Quality & Quantity
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March 10, 2026

Electric grid faces political roadblocks as it struggles with data center demand

Surging data center power demand collides with rollbacks of renewable energy incentives and years-long gas turbine backlogs. In South Texas, a lignite coal plant transitions to a 400-megawatt solar farm while Microsoft invests $7 billion in a Wisconsin data center. Residential utility bills have risen nearly 30 percent since 2021.

Big Tech, Economic Analysis, Energy, Government & Policy, Utilities & Power
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March 5, 2026

WEBINAR: Cities Model Good Transparency on Economic Development Incentives

Across small- and mid-sized U.S. cities, meaningful subsidy disclosure runs on modest budgets. Good Jobs First walks through real examples of places that post contracts, share downloadable spreadsheets and maintain project pages — showing residents which firms received public money, how much they got and what they promised.

Economic Analysis, Government & Policy, Taxes
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March 5, 2026

What Rural Communities Need to Know About AI Data Centers

This webinar from Rural Assembly and Radically Rural, led by Annie Contractor, examines why data center developers target rural areas, the political landscape shaping expansion and disputed claims about jobs and economic benefits. Covers what communities can do through zoning, public comment and local organizing.

Community Organizing, Economic Analysis, Government & Policy, Jobs, Legal & Zoning, Public Engagement
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November 10, 2025

Coming To A Town Near You (Instagram Reel)

An Instagram reel discusses the impact of data centers on communities, highlighting concerns about local government decisions and the potential negative effects on the environment. The video features humorous commentary and encourages public engagement, with viewers sharing their thoughts and experiences related to data center developments.

Public Engagement
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October 12, 2025

They FOUGHT Amazon’s $3.6B AI Data Center

Breaking Points journalist James Li interviews organizers from the No Desert Data Center Coalition about their successful grassroots fight against Amazon's $3.6 billion "Project Blue" AI data center in Tucson, Arizona. The organizers detail how the proposed facility would have consumed millions of gallons of water in the desert and driven up electricity rates, and…

Allies and Partners, Big Tech, Campaign Strategy, Coalition Building, Community Organizing, Energy, Legal & Procedural, Public Engagement, Water Quality & Quantity
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October 2, 2025

Media Need to Report on the Real Cost of Data Centers (FAIR CounterSpin)

An interview critiques mainstream media for promoting data centers while neglecting their environmental impacts, such as water scarcity and energy costs. It highlights community organizing in the U.S. South and Southwest against these projects and calls for journalism that prioritizes frontline voices and questions economic-development narratives.

Big Tech, Campaign Strategy, Community Organizing, Energy, Environmental Justice, Jobs, Public Engagement, Taxes, Water Quality & Quantity