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The Hum features Melissa Emmal and Mike Tidwell discussing community organizing, local elections and efforts to restrict data center development in Maryland.
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60 Minutes reports on communities pushing back against data center development as technology companies expand AI infrastructure.
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Author unknown. 2026-09-20. AI arms race triggers data center boom, sparking widespread backlash across the U.S. | 60 Minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX1H_rGvoes (AI & Environment Resource Hub; record atlas-b7f7243e6763; collection snapshot 2026-10-04).
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Shared topics: Governance and society; Built environment and infrastructure
The Hum features Melissa Emmal and Mike Tidwell discussing community organizing, local elections and efforts to restrict data center development in Maryland.
Shared topics: Governance and society; Built environment and infrastructure
Public Airtable compares U.S. gubernatorial candidates' data center positions by state, with summary categories, reference fields and a data dictionary.
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Fieke Jansen analyzes 26 position papers from an internet sustainability workshop, arguing that technical efficiency approaches can obscure wider resource limits and the politics of infrastructure growth.
Shared topics: Governance and society; Built environment and infrastructure
This article proposes a five-step state policy roadmap for data center development: conduct environmental and community impact studies, use the findings in siting decisions, reassess incentives, require large facilities to pair with off-grid clean energy and storage, and mandate community-benefit sharing. It focuses on protecting grid reliability, electricity affordability, environmental integrity, and host communities.