From the Front Lines
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
IT'S HAPPENING ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.
Different communities. Same tactics. From rural Virginia to the Arizona desert, neighbors are facing the same playbook — and fighting back. Here is some of the reporting.
Virginia · 2025
Residents push back on massive data center proposal
Loudoun and Prince William County residents organize against the largest data center corridor in the world.
The Washington Post
Georgia · 2025
Small towns confront the hidden cost of the AI boom
Aquifers strained and rural neighborhoods upended as hyperscalers race to build in the Southeast.
The New York Times
Arizona · 2024
How a data center drained a town's water supply
A look at the desert communities being asked to give up scarce water for server cooling.
Bloomberg
Tennessee · 2025
Memphis residents fight xAI's gas turbines
A Black neighborhood organizes against unpermitted methane turbines powering a new AI data center.
The Guardian
Oregon · 2024
Oregon town wrestles with Google's expansion
The Dalles confronts ballooning water and power demands from a single tech tenant.
OPB
Ohio · 2025
Ohio communities push back on Intel-adjacent buildout
Farmland rezonings spark organized opposition across central Ohio townships.
Columbus Dispatch
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