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Policy & governance reaction
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· Frank Pasquale
““$130 billion in projects were delayed or canceled just in the first quarter of this year… 500 jurisdictions have passed bans or moratoriums, including 150 local bans passed in July alone.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/o...”
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Policy & governance
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Rules, institutions and accountability.
““$130 billion in projects were delayed or canceled just in the first quarter of this year… 500 jurisdictions have passed bans or moratoriums, including 150 local bans passed in July alone.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/o...”
Building & implementation
1 expert
How teams are shipping and applying it.
“One way of reading the data center backlash "is as a many-headed protest against inevitability — about not just the technology itself but also the whole package of breakneck build-out, social disruption and insane wealth creation," writes @dwallacewells.bsk…”
data centers aftermath essay
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· Data & Society
“In @dissentmag.bsky.social, D&S Policy Director @brianjchen.bsky.social explores the power and limits of the data center opposition, and what it might take to change the structure of AI production for the public’s benefit. dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-d...”
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Concern & critique
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Risks, limits and unintended consequences.
“"Data center opponents have assembled a potent political force. But without a more expansive vision, there is a risk that this techlash could be co-opted and fizzle out." dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-d...”
Policy & governance
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Rules, institutions and accountability.
“In @dissentmag.bsky.social, D&S Policy Director @brianjchen.bsky.social explores the power and limits of the data center opposition, and what it might take to change the structure of AI production for the public’s benefit. dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-d...”
Data Society AI factory data centers
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· Data & Society
“The report calls into question popular policy approaches aimed at accelerating AI infrastructure development. Our policy one-pager offers recommendations that point to another way forward: one that emphasizes democratic, community engagement. 5/5 datasociet…”
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4 experts
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Policy & governance
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Rules, institutions and accountability.
“The report calls into question popular policy approaches aimed at accelerating AI infrastructure development. Our policy one-pager offers recommendations that point to another way forward: one that emphasizes democratic, community engagement. 5/5 datasociet…”
Research & technical analysis
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Evidence, methods and technical implications.
“I am SO DELIGHTED to announce that our brand new report: The AI Factory: Data Centers, Power, and Resistance in Late Industrial Pennsylvania is out today. datasociety.net/research-lib... TechCrunch has the scoop: techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/e...”
2 directory members surfaced this signal.
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Policy & governance reaction
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· Data & Society
“Oct 2, live in Pittsburgh & online: the Community-Centered AI Infrastructure Summit will bring together residents, community organizers, policymakers, researchers, technologists, and other experts and advocates to consider the governance of AI infrastructur…”
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“Oct 2, live in Pittsburgh & online: the Community-Centered AI Infrastructure Summit will bring together residents, community organizers, policymakers, researchers, technologists, and other experts and advocates to consider the governance of AI infrastructur…”
