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Saying NO to Unregulated AI Data Center Expansions: How Residents of the Greater SF Bay and Delta Regions Are Fighting Back
This is the third and final post in our series on the rapid growth of AI data centers, their climate and community impacts, and how Bay Area residents are mobilizing to stop or regulate these expansions. This post will prime residents across the greater SF Bay region for future actions: with an overview of what’s been won and what’s still at stake locally, and a roster of the local legislators, policy perspectives, and community-based organizations across the region leading the way.
AI Data Center Construction and the SF Bay-Delta Region: Potential Local Impacts and Signs of Resistance
The AI data center boom is increasingly becoming a local issue for Bay Area and Delta communities. This post looks at where development is expanding, how projects move through local and state approval processes, and how residents and policymakers are beginning to push back. From electricity and water demands to pollution, utility costs, and community benefits, the choices being made one project at a time could have consequences far beyond individual city limits.
Why We Need AI Data Center Moratoriums Now: A Global Warming and Environmental Justice Perspective
The AI boom is fueling a massive expansion of data centers—and an equally dramatic increase in electricity demand. Where will all that new power come from? This first post in our three-part series looks at why the answer matters for the climate, including the risk that new data centers could prolong our reliance on natural gas and other fossil fuels, increase CO₂ emissions, and strain an already challenged electrical grid. It also looks at why communities and climate advocates are calling for stronger safeguards—and a better path forward.