{"id":730733,"date":"2026-06-01T01:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T22:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/erin-brockovich-takes-aim-at-data-center-secrecy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T01:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T22:25:12","slug":"erin-brockovich-takes-aim-at-data-center-secrecy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/erin-brockovich-takes-aim-at-data-center-secrecy\/","title":{"rendered":"Erin Brockovich takes aim at data center secrecy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has a new mission: Bringing more transparency to data center construction and the impact those data centers have on nearby communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brockovich \u2014 who was famously <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erin_Brockovich_(film)\">played by Julia Roberts<\/a> in a film dramatizing her legal case against Pacific Gas &amp; Electric \u2014 recently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brockovichdatacenter.com\/index.html\">launched a website with a map<\/a> of data centers across the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The website describes the map as \u201cwork in progress\u201d that includes data centers reported by members of the surrounding community. In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrockovichreport.com\/p\/if-data-centers-are-so-great-why\">a Substack post<\/a>, Brockovich said that after putting out a call for reports of data center-related issues in April, she received nearly 4,000 submissions in the first month alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe single most common concern \u2014 more than noise, more than water usage, more than rising utility bills \u2014 is the one word that keeps <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earing in submission after submission: <strong>transparency<\/strong>,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brockovich added that she\u2019s not making a \u201cmaking a blanket argument against data centers\u201d or AI, but rather against \u201cthe pattern our map documents: projects announced after permits are already secured, developers who don\u2019t return calls, local officials who signed NDAs before their neighbors knew a project was being considered.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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