Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around the country
Erin Brockovich has developed a map to track data centers across the United States, allowing communities to report on their impacts. The map currently shows 33 operational data centers, 44 under construction, and 27 proposed, along with over 2,700 community reports. Brockovich emphasizes the varying reception of data centers, highlighting the growth and conflicts surrounding their establishment.
- ▪Erin Brockovich created a tool to map data centers across the country.
- ▪The map includes 33 operational data centers, 44 under construction, and 27 proposed.
- ▪There are currently 2,716 community reports regarding data centers.
4 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 22 hours. Coverage spans 2 points on the political spectrum — 1 lean left, 2 centre.
- ▪ Activist Erin Brockovich takes on US Big Tech’s data centre boom — Straits Times — World
- ▪ Erin Brockovich Targets AI Industry With New Data Center Map — Gizmodo
- ▪ Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting — Brockovich Data Center Reporting
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| Publication time | Wed, 27 May 2026 00:36:03 +0000 |
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Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around the countryLINK: www.brockovichdatacenter.com ➚ | Posted by: Neel Dhanesha | May 26, 2026.simple-byline-translations { margin-top: 0; border-top: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid lightgrey; margin-bottom: 25px; } Erin Brockovich, the environmental activist whose name and work you may recognize from the Oscar-winning movie Erin Brockovich, has created a tool to map data centers across the country, along with a form for people to report data centers and their impacts in their community. “The RACE to build AI infrastructures is unfolding town by town across America. In some places, data centers are welcomed,” Brockovich writes on the site (emphasis hers).
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