Videos - Stop Bad Data Centers

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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

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

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