Resources & Documents
Essential tools and resources about data centers.
| Date Published | Title | Summary | Resource Type | Source Organization | Resource URL | Details |
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| May 12, 2026 | The Exploitation of Data Workers — Dehumanization, Discrimination and Deskilling | Contractors in Kenya label toxic content for OpenAI at $1.32 per hour while millions of data worker… | Report | ICCR (Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility) | https://www.techimpactonw… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | How Bad Are the Health Effects of Living Near a Data Center? | In Granbury, Texas, residents near a bitcoin mining facility report severe migraines, hearing loss,… | News | AI Power Weekly | https://www.aipowerweekly… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Data Centers Are Swallowing Up Our Human Resources | Higher energy and water bills from nearby data centers tip vulnerable residents into financial cris… | News | Psychiatric Times | https://www.psychiatricti… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | ‘Continuation of slavery and colonialism’: Kenya’s youth face exploitation in … | American tech companies outsource AI data labeling to Kenya, where thousands of young workers tag i… | News | Anadolu Agency | https://www.aa.com.tr/en/… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Moving Toward Truly Responsible AI Development in the Global AI Market | OpenAI, Scale AI and Amazon Mechanical Turk outsource data labeling to Kenya, Venezuela and Norther… | Research | Brookings Institution | https://www.brookings.edu… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | The Hidden Environmental Cost of Data Center Growth: Millions of Tons of E-Waste | An estimated 1.2 to 5 million tons of e-waste per year stem from generative AI hardware alone, acco… | News | CELI | https://medium.com/@celio… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | E-waste challenges of generative artificial intelligence | Generative AI infrastructure generates e-waste that accumulates to an estimated 1.2–5.0 million t… | Research | Nature Publishing Group | https://www.proquest.com/… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | How AI Demand Is Draining Local Water Supplies | A Bloomberg investigation reveals that about two-thirds of new data centers built since 2022 are lo… | News | Bloomberg | https://www.bloomberg.com… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Google withdraws rezoning proposal for 468-acre data center project in Franklin Township, Indiana &… | Google has withdrawn its proposal for a 468-acre data center in Franklin Township, Indiana, ahead o… | News | Data Center Dynamics | https://www.datacenterdyn… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Google backs down from proposed data center after months of community pushback | Google has decided to withdraw its proposal for a data center in Franklin Township after significan… | News | WFYI | https://www.wfyi.org/news… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Soul of Wisconsin Restoring WI Ratepayer Priorities | S.O.U.L. of Wisconsin (Save Our Unique Lands) is a non-profit grassroots organization whose mission… | Website | SOUL Wisconsin | http://www.soulwisconsin…. | View |
| May 12, 2026 | RTOs and ISOs Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) | The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) oversees Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO)… | Website | FERC | https://www.ferc.gov/powe… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Utility Rate Database | The Utility Rate Database (URDB) is a free storehouse of rate structure information from utilities… | Website | Utility Rate Database | https://openei.org/wiki/U… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis | The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) examines issues related to energy… | Website | IEEFA | https://ieefa.org/search?… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Betting big on data centers, U.S. now leads world for new gas power development | The U.S. leads globally in gas-fired power capacity development, with nearly 252 GW planned, primar… | Research | Global Energy Monitor | https://globalenergymonit… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Big Tech Unchecked: A Toolkit for Community Action — Hyperscale Data Centers in Wisconsin | This comprehensive toolkit from Midwest Environmental Advocates, Sierra Club, Wisconsin's Gree… | Complete Resource Guide, Tools | Midwest Environmental Advocates, Sierra Club, Wisconsin’s Green Fire, Healthy Climate Wisconsin | https://midwestadvocates…. | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Tech Oversight Project/Morning Consult Poll: Majority of Americans Question Trump’s Cozy Rela… | Sixty-nine percent of Americans believe AI will reduce job opportunities and 54 percent say the Tru… | Documents | Tech Oversight Project | https://techoversight.org… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Next Generation Public Supply Water Withdrawal Estimation for the Conterminous United States Using… | This USGS study presents a machine learning framework for estimating monthly and annual public wate… | Research | U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | https://agupubs.onlinelib… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Number of Data Centers Worldwide 2025, by Country or Territory — Statista | As of November 2025, the United States leads globally with 4,165 data centers, followed by the Unit… | Research | Statista | https://www.statista.com/… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Water supply may hinder microchip manufacturing | Indiana's effort to attract microchip manufacturing to a 10,000-acre site faces a critical bar… | News | NewsNation | https://www.newsnationnow… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | How much water does AI consume? The public deserves to know – OECD.AI | AI data centers consume massive amounts of fresh water through onsite cooling and offsite electrici… | Research | OECD.AI | https://oecd.ai/en/wonk/h… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Generative AI’s environmental costs are soaring — and mostly secret | This Nature commentary reveals the massive and largely hidden environmental costs of generative AI,… | News | Nature | https://www.nature.com/ar… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | How Energy-Efficient Computing for AI Is Transforming Industries | NVIDIA Blog | This NVIDIA blog post argues that GPU-accelerated computing dramatically improves data center energ… | Website | NVIDIA Blog | https://blogs.nvidia.com/… | View |
| May 12, 2026 | Making AI Less ‘Thirsty’: Uncovering and Addressing the Secret Water Footprint of AI Mo… | This highly cited research paper provides a methodology for estimating the water footprint of AI mo… | Research | Communications of the ACM | https://www.semanticschol… | View |
| March 2, 2026 | Aurora, IL Data Center and Warehouse Moratorium | Aurora, Illinois halted new data center and warehouse approvals for 180 days after neighbors report… | News | City of Aurora, Illinois | https://www.aurora.il.us/… | View |