Brockovich Data Center Reporting Maps U.S. AI Infrastructure and Community Concerns

Summary

The Brockovich Data Center Reporting initiative, organized by environmental advocate Erin, provides a public map of major AI-focused and hyperscale data centers across the United States. The map categorizes sites as operational, under construction, permitted, proposed, or cancelled, withdrawn, blocked, or shelved. It also overlays locations where residents have submitted concerns about AI data centers. The platform says the map was last updated on October 4, 2026, and that each project popup includes source citations when available. Its coverage is selective rather than a complete national registry: it focuses on publicly announced major facilities and notes that smaller or unannounced sites may be missing, while some coordinates are approximate. Community-report pins may represent ZIP codes or nearby areas rather than exact sites. The platform describes checking coordinates against U.S. Census Bureau TIGER boundaries and identifying whether a location falls within a municipality or unincorporated county land, because that distinction affects which local body handles zoning hearings. Project information was compiled from Compute Atlas, Epoch AI, news reports, and public filings. The initiative highlights energy consumption, water use, electronic waste, location risks, infrastructure strain, and noise as key concerns. It also provides a form for residents to report a facility, ownership information, construction status, observed issues, and optional photographs, subject to the site’s terms and privacy policy.