Across the country, communities are facing a rapid expansion of data centers powering AI and other digital technologies. While these projects are often promoted as economic development, they can come with major impacts, from rising electricity costs and water use to massive tax breaks for some of the world’s wealthiest companies.
In this webinar, organizers Irna Landrum and Nicole Sugerman from Kairos Fellowship will walk through strategies communities can use to track data center development and organize when these projects appear locally. Drawing from Kairos’s decade of experience campaigning to hold Big Tech accountable and building on last year’s Organizer Guide: The Costs of Data Centers to Our Communities- and How to Fight Back developed by Kairos and MediaJustice, they’ll share real-world lessons from communities pushing back and practical tools for building local campaigns.
Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of how data center projects move forward, where communities can intervene, and how organizers across the country are building power to demand transparency, accountability, and community-centered policies.