The Trump administration approved the first-ever data center on federal public lands -- and did so without any environmental review or meaningful public input. This could become the blueprint for using public lands across the country to build massive industrial data centers, causing increased water use and unchecked air pollution.
Fortunately, a federal panel recently halted construction thanks to an appeal Sierra Club's Toiyabe Chapter joined with the Center for Biological Diversity and local residents. However, the Bureau of Land Management is considering additional data center projects, and the National Park Service in Virginia is even considering a proposal to give away part of Prince William Forest Park to build data centers.
Our opposition is working, but we need to use every tool in our toolkit to stop these projects!
Tell Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to stop this dangerous precedent and protect our shared public lands.