The Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development co-released the Data Center Opposition Report in April 2026, which we discuss in this episode with Kris Akin and Matthew Shaw. Recorded June 23, 2026. Released July 27, 2026.

Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development

Our Research — Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development

Data Center Opposition Report — Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development

Map of Community Organizations Focusing on Data Centers — Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development

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This episode was a recap of an event called How to Stop a Data Center that took place at Swathmore College in April 2026. I was able to listen via Zoom and then later asked available panelists to come on the podcast to discuss community-based activism against AI data centers. Recorded June 17, 2026. Released July 13, 2026.

Fight Data Centers

https://www.kairosfellows.org/fightdatacenters

For more info on Stop the Data Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan:

Stop the Data Center Campaign link tree

https://linktr.ee/stopthedata

Stop the Data Center substack for major updates and calls to action

https://stopthedatacenter.substack.com/

How to Stop a Data Center

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/10/how-to-stop-a-data-center/

For more info on Steph Jordan

https://stephaniebethjordan.com/

'PENNSYLVANIA IS PERFECT'

https://newint.org/science-and-technology/2026/pennsylvania-perfect

PENNSYLVANIA’S POWER

Why Local Authority Is the Key to AI Infrastructure Decisions

https://datasociety.net/library/pennsylvanias-power/

DATA AS DESTINY IN THE STEEL CITY

How Pittsburgh’s Industrial Past Is Being Leveraged for an AI Future

https://datasociety.net/points/data-as-destiny-in-the-steel-city/

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This episode is a recording of an event that took place at Concordia University: So an AI Data Centre is coming to your community? Don't panic! A roundtable on strategies for building community power. We discuss tactics and strategies for pushing back against Big Tech and their AI data centers -- seen as monstrosities by those who know how much humanity stands to lose by and through AI logics and their instantiations in infrastructure. Recorded June 12, 2026. Released June 29, 2026.

Featuring: Adam Wilkins and Lauren Stephens Smith (Save Lorneville), Rania Masri (NC Environmental Justice Center), Simon Enoch (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives). Hosted by the Social Justice Centre.

So you’re getting a data centre! Here’s what to know

https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/so-youre-getting-a-data-centre-heres-what-to-know/

In New Brunswick, residents battle the government over a planned AI data centre

https://thenarwhal.ca/lorneville-ai-data-centre/

Dr. Rania Masri

https://ncejn.org/staff/dr-rania-masri/

Event Sponsors: Social Justice Centre (Concordia), SCPA Student Association (SCPSA), School for Community and Public Affairs (Concordia), Climate Justice Montreal, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Time, Technology, and Capitalism (Concordia), Confronting Emergent Dystopia Working Group (Concordia).

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