OUR RESEARCH
By Richard Klein, Data Center Air Pollution & Local Health Impacts" Community & Environmental Defense Services, submitted to the Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development.
March 10, 2026
Most data centers rely on numerous backup diesel generators to provide electricity in the event of transmission grid power outages. The carbon monoxide, particulates, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides,
and other pollutants emitted from data center diesel generators can pose a significant regional and local public health risk. The research presented below indicates a single, data center may adversely
affect the health of those living at least 0.6-miles away and possibly miles further under some circumstances. LEARN MORE HERE
Data Centers are Comin’ to Town
December 30, 2025
By Matthew Shaw, Volunteer with the Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development
nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation - Fifth Amendment (1)
Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations of Data Centers
By Matthew Shaw, Volunteer with the Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development
March 3, 2026
Communities across the country and around the world are struggling to regulate Data Centers in their neighborhoods, cities, counties, states, and nationwide. The Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development has a collection of regulations for individuals, NGOs, and governments to choose what types of regulations best fit their needs. We understand that regulation is not a one-size-fits-all situation; some areas will want a full moratorium while others will want to protect water, rate payers, farmers, etc. While this is in progress, we want to share some of the sources our database will be drawing upon, which may be found HERE.
If you have additional resources for this page, please let us know at: info@datacenterresponsibility.com
Data Centers, the Doomsday Clock, and the Sixth Mass Extinction Event
February 15, 2026
By Matthew Shaw, Volunteer with the Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development
Scientists have been sounding the alarm on a series of secular apocalypses for the past 79 years with the birth of the Doomsday Clock. Other (or more likely, an overlapping group of) scientists have been sounding the alarm over the Sixth Mass Extinction event in our planet's history. But what do these messianic visions have to do with that ethereal notion of the cloud? LEARN MORE HERE.
What Responsible Development Might Look Like
January 15, 2026
By Matthew Shaw, Volunteer with the Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on not understanding it - Upton Sinclair
In this article, Matt Shaw will describe some factors that might contribute to a data center being more or less responsible in its development practices.
Community Organizations Focusing on Data Centers
January 20, 2026
The Community Organizations Focusing on Data Centers dataset and associated map were created by Matthew Shaw for educational purposes. The map contains information regarding community organizations specifically set up to address concerns arising from potential and already existing data center development(s).
This updated dataset includes updates to organization names, links, and additional organizations. The file was updated with the assistance of Denys Sheremet with the Together Against AI e.V.