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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.
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.
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.
Prohibitions
,
Conditions
,
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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Conditions
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Labor
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State Economic Zones
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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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Stability
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Oversight
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Nuclear
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Renewables
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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Archive
North Star Interventions: Using Policy as an Organizing Tool in Our Data Center Fights
April 1, 2026
The Intersections of Big Tech’s Nuclear Buildout and Data Center Expansion
March 31, 2026
Mapping the Data Center Industry: Who Benefits, Who Calls the Shots, and What to Do About It
Repealing Tax Incentives, Banning NDAs, and Myth-busting Economy & Jobs Claims
Energy x Data Centers: Why Are Ratepayer Protections Not Enough?
Protecting Our Water Resources, Air Quality, and Public Health from the Data Center Buildout
Bans, Moratoriums, Zoning: How to Stop or Limit Data Center Development
March 30, 2026
The AI Industry, Data Center Buildout, and How to Take Power Back
