Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has launched a crowdsourced map that tracks more than 4,000 major AI data centers across the United States. The Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting website aims ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Data centers and artificial intelligence are at the center of a growing debate across the country — are they worth the advanced technology? Data centers are what fuel AI ...

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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — AI data centers have become a subject of intense controversy across municipalities in the United States as communities worry about their impact on their environment and finances.

Virginia has more data centers than any other state. Newport News has bought land as part of a pitch for another project. At least 36 states offer tax incentives to lure data center projects. At ...

More than 2,700 reports from concerned residents have been submitted to the activist's website so far Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the Human Interest team at PEOPLE. She first joined PEOPLE in ...

AI data centers consume water like small cities and electricity like industrial districts, yet most communities have no idea these resource-hungry facilities are being built in their backyards. Enter ...

Erin Brockovich, the American environmental activist portrayed by Julia Roberts in the film named after her, has launched a new project that aims to give people "a platform to speak up and voice ...

Erin Brockovich is taking on the AI industry with a new website that tracks AI data centers. Credit: Michael Swensen/Getty Images Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has set her sights on a new ...

In May 2026, social media users claimed that environmental activist Erin Brockovich had started tracking AI data centers across the U.S. to map the complaints Americans have about the facilities.

Activist Erin Brockovich is setting her sights on the AI industry, launching a new crowdsourced map that collects community concerns about the major AI data centers popping up across the country. “The ...