Restrict Data Centers on Federal Land

Given both the absence of clear public benefit from the AI boom and the unresolved risks around reliably supplying data centers with necessary resources, there exists little justification for turning over public land to private technology firms—by the Department of Energy or any other federal agency.1 We must protect federal lands and waters from the development of data centers and the infrastructure needed to support them.

  1. U.S. Department of Energy, “DOE Identifies 16 Federal Sites Across the Country for Data Center and AI Infrastructure Development,” April 3, 2025, https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-identifies-16-federal-sites-across-country-data-center-and-ai-infrastructure. ↩︎