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Public Health Impacts Analysis: Balico Gas Plant (Dr. Francesca Dominici)
Harvard researchers model PM2.5 dispersion from a proposed 3,500-megawatt Balico gas plant in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and find more than 1.28 million people face increased exposure. Projected healthcare costs reach […]
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Data centers drive buildout of gas power plants and pipelines in the Southeast | IEEFA
Southeast utilities and pipeline companies plan to build over 20,000 megawatts of natural gas power plants and expand pipeline capacity significantly over the next 15 years, driven largely by data […]
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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, tinnitus and sleep disruption from 24/7 cooling fan noise measured at 90-100 decibels. A 2024 Earthjustice […]
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Across the US, Activists Are Organizing to Oppose Data Centers
Organizers in Tucson block Amazon's bid for public water to cool a 290-acre desert data center after the city council votes against land annexation. MediaJustice's report "The People Say No" […]
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Resources on Understanding Data Centers and Their Environmental Impacts
NCEJN compiles over 50 reports, toolkits, interactive maps, petitions and videos covering data center environmental impacts across North Carolina and nationally. Includes studies on air quality, water consumption, electricity costs […]
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Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power
Secret utility contracts and rate-formula loopholes shift Big Tech's power infrastructure costs onto household electric bills across multiple states. Harvard Law School's Electricity Law Initiative examines how Amazon, Google, Meta […]
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Cloudy Data, Costly Deals: How Poorly States Disclose Data Center Subsidies
This Good Jobs First report finds that at least 36 states offer data center-specific sales and use tax exemptions, but only 11 disclose which companies receive them. Even among disclosing […]
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Dale Earnhardt’s widow and son battle over a $30 billion data center on his North Carolina land
In Mooresville, North Carolina, a proposed $30 billion data center on 400 acres of Dale Earnhardt's former property has sparked fierce community opposition, with residents packing Board of Commissioners meetings […]
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Angry town halls nationwide find a new villain: the data center driving up your electricity bill while fueling job-killing AI | Fortune
Communities across the U.S. are increasingly defeating data center proposals through organized opposition at local zoning and planning meetings, driven by concerns over rising electricity bills, water depletion, farmland loss, […]
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Food & Water Watch: The Urgent Case Against Data Centers
This Food & Water Watch report makes a comprehensive case for an immediate moratorium on new data centers at all levels of government. It documents the environmental, economic, and social […]
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms
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Data centers drive buildout of gas power plants and pipelines in the Southeast | IEEFA
Southeast utilities and pipeline companies plan to build over 20,000 megawatts of natural gas power plants and expand pipeline capacity significantly over the next 15 years, driven largely by data […]