Erin Brockovich Targets AI Industry With New Data Center Map
Erin Brockovich has launched a crowdsourced map to gather community concerns regarding AI data centers across the U.S. The initiative aims to highlight the varying local responses to the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure. Brockovich's map has already collected over 2,700 reports, primarily focusing on issues like water usage and energy consumption.
- ▪The map collects community concerns about AI data centers in the U.S.
- ▪Brockovich's initiative has received over 2,700 reports, with Texas contributing the most.
- ▪Concerns include water usage, energy consumption, and health impacts.
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Activist Erin Brockovich is setting her sights on the AI industry, launching a new crowdsourced map that collects community concerns about the major AI data centers popping up across the country. “The RACE to build AI infrastructures is unfolding town by town across America. In some places, data centers are welcomed. In others, they are delayed, contested or abandoned altogether. This MAP captures the real-world footprint of that race — revealing patterns of growth, conflict and uncertainty,” Brockovich said on the map’s…
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