No Desert Data Center Coalition
@nodesertdatacenter.com
We're fighting to stop the development of heat-generating, water-guzzling, energy-draining hyperscale data centers in the Sonoran Desert! We're a leaderful coalition of people based in Southern Arizona. Join us! https://tinyurl.com/nddcjoinus
As opposition to data centers grows across the United States, the tech industry is "pulling from tried-and-tested playbooks" to bypass it, write Dean Jackson and Samantha Totoni—from nonprofit front groups to super PACs to tightly managed public forums.
Big Tech’s PR Playbook for Overcoming Data Center Opponents
The tech industry is pulling from tried-and-tested playbooks to bypass and securitize public opposition, write Dean Jackson and Sam Totoni.
techpolicy.press
Tucson Council meeting Wed 8/5, 5:30pm! The docs from the planning process are here: bit.ly/cot-dc-zoning. Most relevant are Ordinance 12268, (what they'll vote on), and Attachment G, the map which shows us where it'll be possible for developers to apply for with the new regulations in place.
Insultingly WE pay for TEP propaganda ads, actors & ‘updates.’ Why? They want MORE rate increases from us for dirty power for #projectblue -for billions in profit 😡 As Tucson’s skyline gets ugly & TEP refuses to upgrade OUR infrastructure, will they also coerce our rates to climb 267%, like in VA?
No Desert Data Center Coalition@nodesertdatacenter.com · 2d agoOur private electric utility company, TEP, poached a local TV news reporter and now he shows up at public meetings to do PR for them.
Our private electric utility company, TEP, poached a local TV news reporter and now he shows up at public meetings to do PR for them.
Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 2d agoThere are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
If you are an expert on air quality and have 10-15 minutes to talk to me today or tomorrow about important things journalists should know while reporting on wildfires and smoke, my DMs are open, or you can email me at karen at OpenNews dot org.
Today! It’ll be hot hot, so bring water and shade (hat, umbrella)
No Desert Data Center Coalition@nodesertdatacenter.com · last wk.Join us for a protest this Saturday at the land where they're building the Project Blue data center
We can either meet the multiple gigawatts of new energy demand for hyperscale data centers (enough for several entire cities) or we can have a livable planet. We cannot have both.
Anna Kramer@annackramer.bsky.social · 5d agoNEWS: Trump admin is finally stepping in to the Colorado River water crisis. One unexpected twist: Arizona, Nevada, and California may be asked to double their water usage cuts in a very dry year. Arizona is already calling that "unacceptable."
The fact that it’s poisoning Black people is not seen as a negative to these folks.
SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year | TechCrunch
SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI's Colossus data centers, but it won't remove existing, unpermitted turbines for many more months.
techcrunch.com
Join us for a protest this Saturday at the land where they're building the Project Blue data center
"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt
AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.
futurism.com
If Chino Valley can ban large-scale solar and wind power, why can’t we get a ban on large-scale data centers in Tucson?
Join us for a protest this Saturday at the land where they're building the Project Blue data center
One of our members, a TEP customer, lost power yesterday from about 6pm to 1:45am. Anyone else? If they end up powering this data center they're so in love with, will it end up being even longer next time?
Here in southern Arizona alone we're looking at at ~3GW of new energy demand from planned data centers, more than the entire city of Tucson consumes. Our utility companies' energy mix is mostly fracked gas, and you're sadly mistaken if you think they're going to meet the new demand with renewables.
Hey can we stop pretending that we can meet dozens and dozens of gigawatts of new energy demand with renewables on the timeline these tech bros want them? It's just not possible. And also these AI data centers have negative social benefit.
We could also just not power them at all. LLMs have no real social benefits, they exist solely for fraud, misinformation, and spam. It's a waste of energy and money and only serves to further enrich the worst people, so why even entertain the notion they're worth supporting?
“…if we win this site fight, is this data center likely to be relocated outside the US? This internationalist frame should be part of political education and public facing commentary so that anyone in the US opposing a site in their locality will stay activated to oppose it in other places as well.”
No Data Centers in Anyone's Backyard
Stopping US data centers means little for the planet if they simply shift to Global Majority countries, write Vignesh Ramachandran and Inayat Sabhikhi.
techpolicy.press
ICE’s tactics are evolving. AI, surveillance tech, and corporate greed is driving harm beyond the border. Join @conmijente.bsky.social, @justfutureslaw.bsky.social, & Surveillance Resistance Labs on Monday 6/29 @ 7 PM ET to break down their newest report. secure.ngpvan.com/Jfq6AaFDNEmP...
Our communities have been turning up the HEAT against #DataCenters & police wasted no time labeling organizers “anti-tech, violent extremists.” Join us & 4 EXPERTS (listed below⬇️) THIS WEDS at 6PM ET | 3PM PT to break down how federal agencies are criminalizing our people. bit.ly/manufacturedthreat
Next weekend in Tucson: A two-day extravaganza featuring direct action & rhythm workshops, anti-repression training, water celebrations and a cookout! Learn about strategies & tactics from other movements to defend land & water from development & extraction. Childcare and food available.
Announcing a new Info-Series! Community Stricott (Strike + Boycott) of those who profit from bringing Project Blue and other data centers into the world. These guys are paving the road to hell for big tech and the surveillance state. Stay tuned for more in-depth looks at the Project Blue Bad Guys.
Data Centers are the sites of deep systemic issues affecting all of us. Communities continue to resist extraction, oppression, and surveillance infrastructure. At this festival we will explore how to resist data centers and other forms of oppression with workshops, food, and fun water games!
i’m old enough to remember when folks in Memphis managed to take their own arial photos of Colossus to show that xAI had 35 methane gas turbines operating on-site, not just the 15 that were permitted. now court documents put that figure at FIFTY SEVEN. www.wired.com/story/doj-la...
DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit
In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI’s polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral to military operations—including the Iran War.
wired.com
Data Centers are the sites of deep systemic issues affecting all of us. Communities continue to resist extraction, oppression, and surveillance infrastructure. At this festival we will explore how to resist data centers and other forms of oppression with workshops, food, and fun water games!
