Local communities take action on data centers

Big Tech Unchecked - Data Center Toolkit

Sierra Club, Midwest Environmental Advocates, Wisconsin Greenfire & Healthy Climate Wisconsin developed this toolkit to help Wisconsinites understand what hyperscale data centers are, what impacts they have, and what local communities and concerned citizens can do to mitigate the worst impacts. 

Data Center 101 - An Inside Look at a Wisconsin Data Center 

 Wisconsin Conservation Voters takes you on a video walk through of a data center. 

WisconsinDataCenterFacts.org

Curated by Prescott Balch, this site has a unique focus on the impact of data centers on your local taxes and finances. There's also a ton of great info on everything from state legislation to delivering your elevator pitch.    

DNR Reverses Course on Huge Port Washington Data Center 

Midwest Environmental Advocates and Sierra Club file lawsuit against Wisconsin DNR for failure to properly review environmental impacts of Oracle and Open AI data center. 

What You Need to Know About Data Centers

Earth Justice lays out the impacts of the unchecked, speculative buildout of data centers on electricity rates, pollution, and clean energy and climate goals.  

Data Centers Make Landowners Millionaires 

Wisconsin Watch documents how landowners cashed in with deals worth seven, eight and fifteen times market rate for the Port Washington data center.  Developers spent at least $125 million.