Observed arrival · 2026-09-03
The Anti-Data-Center Campaign With a Conviction Test
Communities Over Compute is a grassroots coalition site opposing hyperscale data centers, with a cost ledger, rebuttal pages, neighborhood FAQs, and a digital divestment pledge.
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The campaign organizes its argument around a local-cost ledger covering electricity infrastructure, cooling water, industrial noise, farmland, and tax incentives. Its most distinctive mechanism is a Digital Divestment Pledge that asks supporters to relinquish services such as streaming, cloud storage, and AI assistants before objecting to data-center development. The homepage also foregrounds figures including 4× projected grid demand, millions of gallons of daily water use, and roughly 50 permanent jobs.
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