Erin Brockovich Launches US Data Center Map After 4,000 Community Submissions
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Updated · TechCrunch · May 31
Erin Brockovich Launches US Data Center Map After 4,000 Community Submissions
4 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · May 31
Nearly 4,000 submissions in one month drove Erin Brockovich to launch a website mapping US data centers and logging complaints from nearby communities.
The map is still a work in progress and relies partly on community-reported sites, reflecting her push to expose projects residents say were disclosed too late.
Transparency, Brockovich said, surfaced more often than noise, water use or rising utility bills in the reports she collected after an April callout.
Brockovich said she is not opposing data centers or AI outright, but targeting a pattern of permits secured before public notice, unreturned developer calls and local officials signing NDAs.
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