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Interventions designed to regulate AI, ensuring that if data centers are built they cannot do so in service of technology that harms the public.
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Measures to protect community members from the harmful and irreversible effects of data centers on air quality and community health.
Bans and Moratoriums
Interventions to target data center development at the approval stage, providing critical pathways to stop or delay construction before it can begin.
Corporate Power
Recommendations curbing the corporate influence on key institutions and processes governing data center development.
Economic Development
Interventions targeting the economic development terms between governments and data center developers.
Energy
Energy regulations designed to stabilize our energy grid and limit the harmful effects of a rapid energy rollout.
Noise
Measures to protect the public from the noise emitted from data centers.
Ratepayer Protections
Regulations designed to protect everyday ratepayers from carrying the costs of rapid data center infrastructure buildout
Transparency
Oversight and transparency mechanisms to ensure data center developers cannot hide critical information from the public.
Water
Interventions that limit the impacts of data centers on our public water resources and infrastructure.
Zoning & Land Use
Zoning and land use mechanisms that enable governments to dictate where and how data centers can be built.
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AI Regulation
Interventions designed to regulate AI, ensuring that if data centers are built they cannot do so in service of technology that harms the public.
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Regulation
Air Pollution
Measures to protect community members from the harmful and irreversible effects of data centers on air quality and community health.
Bans and Moratoriums
Interventions to target data center development at the approval stage, providing critical pathways to stop or delay construction before it can begin.
Bans
,
Moratoriums
Corporate Power
Recommendations curbing the corporate influence on key institutions and processes governing data center development.
Elections
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Energy
Economic Development
Interventions targeting the economic development terms between governments and data center developers.
CBAs
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Labor
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Tax, Subsidies, and Incentives
Energy
Energy regulations designed to stabilize our energy grid and limit the harmful effects of a rapid energy rollout.
Fossil Fuels
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Oversight
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Noise
Measures to protect the public from the noise emitted from data centers.
Ratepayer Protections
Regulations designed to protect everyday ratepayers from carrying the costs of rapid data center infrastructure buildout
Cost-Causation
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Infrastructure Risk
Transparency
Oversight and transparency mechanisms to ensure data center developers cannot hide critical information from the public.
NDAs
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Approval
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Clearinghouse
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Review
Water
Interventions that limit the impacts of data centers on our public water resources and infrastructure.
Zoning & Land Use
Zoning and land use mechanisms that enable governments to dictate where and how data centers can be built.
Agricultural Preservation
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Design
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Historic Preservation
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Setbacks
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Siting
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Author Archives: ellen
Regulate AI Throughout the Entire Life Cycle of Development
March 25, 2026
Bright-Line Rules That Restrict the Most Harmful AI Uses Wholesale
Prohibit Backup Diesel Generators
March 24, 2026
Establish Enforcement Mechanisms
Shift Burden to the Developer
Independent Review by Experts with Decision-Making Authority
Establish Goals Developed and Passed by Local Governments
Establish Strong Enforcement Mechanisms for Violations
Levy Mandatory Taxes on Water Use
Ensure Water Applications and Plans Are a Matter of Public Record
