The Sierra Club Georgia Chapter calls for a statewide moratorium on new data center construction in Georgia, to add guardrails and citing runaway tax breaks impacting local budgets. sierraclub.org/georgia/blog/…

GA has the money to fund free school meals statewide, if it stops giving billions in data center tax breaks. One program alone deprives K-12 schools of ~$300M, yet UGA finds 70% of DCs would build anyway. Lawmakers must reconsider these costly programs: goodjobsfirst.org/georgia-da…

States are giving data centers billions in tax breaks while communities lose revenue for schools and other public services. What can states do differently? Join @GoodJobsFirst and @_ClimateXChange TODAY at 3 p.m. ET to explore policy solutions. join.climate-xchange.org/a/s…

And @iteptweets has written about this: itep.org/big-tech-is-raking-…

Data centers get tax breaks and other giveaways in multiple ways and across governments: Virginia's sales and use tax cost $1.6B in one year; a federal bonus depreciation provision in OBBA cut Meta's federal income tax bill from $9.6B billion to $2.8B, a 71% drop.

"In truth, the railroad industry was horrifyingly dysfunctional, environmentally destructive, riddled with graft and theft, and above all, unprofitable for all but a few people. AI seems poised to play out in the same way." damemagazine.com/2026/03/17/…

As electeds in DC debated huge cuts to services and infrastructure one asked: “And yet I’m going to find over a billion dollars to build a stadium that’s going to get used 25 to 30 times a year? We really have to ask ourselves about the trade-offs.” theconversation.com/cities-k…

"189 of Virginia's 197 data center air permits were issued with no public notice or hearing required, even though each can allow a facility to emit up to 100 tons of a single pollutant per year from burning diesel or natural gas; 91 of those ... permits are in Loudoun County."

States are handing data centers billions in tax breaks while promising jobs and growth. Weak transparency makes it hard to know what communities are getting in return. Join us to discuss how states can protect public budgets, jobs, and essential services. join.climate-xchange.org/a/s…

We're joining Florida State Rep. @AnnaForFlorida at a town hall Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. ET. Discover how data centers and AI impact your community, where local and state moratoriums stand, and how you can take action today. Register: bit.ly/eskatownhall