Interests in Political Science, Public Policy, International Relations, and Data Centers. Volunteer with the Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development
Virginia, USA
Joined December 2025
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I recently made a dataset of community organizations focusing on data centers. Check it out here:
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“I had 50 people I talked to,” Gustafson told me. “Nobody wanted that datacenter in their community. And at least a half a dozen people came up to me to say, ‘Hey, I voted for Trump. What the heck’s he doing, supporting these things?’” theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i…
"“Unfortunately what we’ve seen time and time again in this administration especially is the EPA putting the pursuit of AI and increased computing capacity over its obligation to protect public health and the environment,” Kalmuss-Katz said"
The Trump administration has approved two new datacenter chemicals to which exposure can result in “sudden death” and a range of other serious health risks, like cancer, eye corrosion, neurological damage and reproductive harm — according to a new lawsuit.
theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
"artificial intelligence and natural gas industries of trying to turn Buckeye Lake into their “exhaust pipe.”"
A new data center wants to build a 40-turbine natural gas-fired power plant near Buckeye Lake.
“It’s tech infrastructure dumping noise, heat and air pollution onto our families,” Hoover said.
“It’s our right to breathe clean air.”
signalohio.org/buckeye-lake-…
It would be interesting to see the donations by AI super PACs vs negative mentions of AI and Data Centers
Democratic candidates are generally more likely to discuss AI than Republicans, especially on AI harms, data centers, and regulation.
The only topic Republicans dominated was AI & national security.
washingtonpost.com/technolog…
ALT Diverging bar chart of the partisan split among candidates whose websites mentioned each AI-related issue. Democrats lead on seven of eight topics, from an 80-point margin on broad AI harms to a 40-point margin on broad AI benefits. Republicans lead by 52 points on China and national security.
Ohio is #2 in the nation for the number of opposition groups behind Pennsylvania
The latest Data Center Opposition Report is out for August, finding 580 local opposition groups across nearly every U.S. state, totaling over 640,000 members. Check out the full report here: datacenteropposition.com/wp-… @MorePerfectUS
"“It doesn’t even take a finished building,” Solomon said. “Once a proposal shows up in a county’s public record, sentiment turns negative and the odds of maximum hostility nearly triple.”"
Big Tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft and Google are running TV ads touting the so-called benefits of data centers, but people aren’t falling for their PR scheme – and the movement to stop data centers is only getting stronger! insideclimatenews.org/news/1…
"His community has “been treated like an extractive colony”—a place where physical and economic health are “sacrificed” for tax revenue and oligarchic profits"
How the American oligarchy went hyperscale motherjones.com/politics/202…
Matthew Shaw retweeted
metadata in records I obtained show an Entergy executive wrote motions Louisiana Public Service Commissioners entered into the record as their own in support of large industrial projects — including the Meta data center wwno.org/local-regional-news…
"The last thing you want to hear when you are struggling to make ends meet is your utility commissioner is sipping cocktails at a resort with the utility executives raising your rates" - Gabriel Strauss - Energy and Policy Institute
SCOOP: Documents show that power companies and tech firms invested in the data center buildout have created a group to ‘educate’ and support friendly state regulators with big donations and secret retreats. Get the inside story from @evanhalper washingtonpost.com/business/…
"Using reports from oil and gas companies about demonstrated gains from AI tools, the Alpines modeled AI as a productivity enhancer across various sectors of the fossil fuel industry, from extraction to refining to electricity generation."
NEW: some scary new research out today showing that the fossil fuel industry's use of AI could possibly increase global energy emissions by as much as 4.8%
that number is much larger than global data center emissions projections
wired.com/story/ai-could-hel…
"“I think people see that the ruling class is united behind this plan to push data centers in our communities,” Lawrence said. “That’s a place that you can fight from.”"
Can opposing data centers help progressives win?
motherjones.com/politics/202…
"Now, as the rapid influx of generative AI into the digital world threatens to turn the whole internet into an AI-fueled zombie shell of itself"
Somehow, Cambridge Analytica has returned. Sort of. trib.al/qoFrfjj
Matthew Shaw retweeted
I compiled all the NDAs signed by Louisiana officials with private companies. You can search through them here.
The state conducted secret negotiations with Anthropic, Google, Amazon, Meta and a host of others: nola.com/news/louisiana-nda-…
"we know that four states are losing at least $1 billion annually to data center tax subsidies, while another six are losing at least $100 million annually, and dozens more have losses totaling millions of dollars every year."
The governors of Nebraska and New York this week moved to end data center subsidies -- and they're not alone.
My piece today explains why data center tax breaks are under scrutiny and broader lessons for state economic development efforts: boondoggle.substack.com/p/ba…
Following Oracle towards the next recession. Thank you data centers
Good morning, Asia. While you were sleeping, one of our most-read stories was about Google burning through cash for the first time since going public decades ago as it raised its spending forecast for AI infrastructure. ft.trib.al/aew0dAG
