Fact Sheets

The Negative Environmental and Fiscal Impacts of AI Data Centers

 

The use of AI and data manipulation support both authoritarian political aims and the financial elites seeking to control our society. Here are three well-researched reports on the fiscal and environmental impacts of data centers, which include exorbitant uses of land, water, and electricity, along with noise and visual pollution. Often original zoning permit requests are followed by unanticipated expanded use requests, all leading to problems for local communities.