04/23/2026
Sierra Club article on data center impacts to our communities: "Without strong safeguards, households and small businesses could be left paying for costly infrastructure while communities face worsening air pollution, water stress, and land-use conflicts."
What You Can Do: "Start by getting engaged early and following the permitting process. Data centers move through several levels of approval, including local permits, air permits, and Public Service Commission proceedings. At each step, you have opportunities to take action."
Data Centers Data Centers The rapid growth of data centers is quickly overwhelming utilities, undermining environmental goals, increasing public health impacts, and putting ratepayers at risk of dramatically increased costs for the infrastructure and extraordinary power demands of these facilities.....
