As AI Expands, Erin Brockovich Taps Communities to Map Data Center Concerns

The environmental activist is gathering community concerns on AI data centers across the US.

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Data centers have become a high-stakes battleground. Amid booming demand for AI infrastructure, residents affected by water shortages, electric bill spikes and environmental dangers have increasingly clashed with developers. Community blowback, including among local and federal officials, has led to project delays and, in some cases, cancellations.

Now, an interactive online hub launched by environmental activist Erin Brockovich could give regular folks a louder voice in the data center conversation. Brockovich became well known for fighting Pacific Gas & Electric over water contamination in Hinkley, California, with a Hollywood movie from 2000 about her activism starring Julia Roberts.

At the center of the Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting websiteis an interactive, crowdsourced map of AI data centers, including those that already exist, as well as those proposed or currently under construction: 3,674...

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