‍Check out these articles to learn some of the risks, concerns, and negative effects caused by the construction of Data Centers.

As data center proposals accelerate in Maryland, so do the policy, infrastructure, and preservation questions surrounding them. See The Data Center Debate in Maryland: Policy, Infrastructure, and Preservation Impacts

Can what Data Center developers promise actually be delivered? Beneath the surface, a quieter set of risks is asserting itself: power agreements that don’t survive contact with reality, construction programs straining under unprecedented scale and complexity, and utility timelines that move at a different rate than AI capital. See DCF Poll: Risks in the Data Center Pipeline

In Georgia, a utility company discovered two unaccounted-for water connections at one of the nation’s largest data center campuses. A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure - POLITICO

States (including Maryland) want to give state legislators more time to determine whether to continue investing in massive Data Center facilities. As communities’ concerns grow over rising electricity prices and the environmental effects of data centers, some local and state officials want to halt development of the facilities. Why States Are Considering Temporary Bans on New Data Centers.

Read how developers weakened local limits on giant AI projects In Archbald, Pennsylvania: Data Centers Are Poised to Engulf a Pennsylvania Town - DeSmog

How Loudoun County, Virginia became the heart of the data-center boom in America and globally: Loudoun County, Virginia: The Heart of the Data-Center Boom

Other localities are fighting back! For example, in nearby Pennsylvania:

In Lackawanna County, No Data Center Clifton/Covington TWPs

In Lower Mount Bethel Township, No Data Center In Lmbt