University of Michigan PhD student Nathan Kim talks about how he and other students discovered that their university’s proposed AI data center was being built to make weapons of war, how they’re fighting back, and the overlaps with his research on AI and big tech. 

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Read the recent mention of The Hum in the New York Times. Listen to Saul’s interview on the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. 

The Hum is produced in partnership with Rowhome Productions. 

In Bastrop Texas, 8-year-old twins Oslo and Ivan organized a march against a proposed data center near their school. The twins and their mom Holly call in from their farm to talk about how the poster Oslo drew and put up inspired 100 people to join the protest, including many friends and parents from school.

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Check out Oslo’s poster and the twins’ promo video.

Read the mention of The Hum in the New York Times from 8/31. Listen to Saul’s interview on the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. 

The Hum is produced in partnership with Rowhome Productions. 

Katie Thomas, an energy and climate expert who once led Senator Bernie Sanders’ climate team, walks us through example local policies passing on data centers across the US. Katie shares her tracker and gives a menu of options and ideas so any community can be prepared to fight back. 

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Check out Katie and Graham’s data center policy report, database of examples, and green bonds report with We Build Progress.

Join Saul and Bryce from Indiana Citizen Action for a public data center event in Bridgeport Chicago 9/8 at 7pm at the Mouse Arts and Letters Club. 

Read the mention of The Hum in the New York Times from 8/31. Listen to Saul’s interview on the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. 

The Hum is produced in partnership with Rowhome Productions. 

Drew Small’s family business running Facebook ads for Nashville musicians from his basement was already being hampered by AI when a data center project was announced in town. We hear Drew’s gripping story of winning a moratorium and protections by partnering with a motley crew of neighbors and public librarians. 

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Check out the Nashville bill that passed and the No New Data Centers page. 

Read the mention of The Hum in the New York Times from 8/31. Listen to Saul’s interview on the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. 

The Hum is produced in partnership with Rowhome Productions.

An interview with Memphis brothers KeShaun Pearson and Rep. Justin J. Pearson 

Memphis brothers KeShaun and Justin Pearson are community leaders who have become national figures in the movement to stop data centers. They discuss their origins being directly impacted by environmental racism and their family’s efforts to protect their home from the greed of Elon Musk.  

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Learn more about MCAP’s campaign and uneven impacts of the Colossus data center in Memphis.   

Listen to Saul’s interview on the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. Read Saul’s recent Op Ed on data center resistance with Astra Taylor in the Guardian. 

The Hum is produced in partnership with Rowhome Productions

CRAN Part 2: A conversation with Kayleigh Henry and Chris Sotiro

New Jersey CRAN’s youth leaders have been traversing the state, joining each other in hometowns and rural barns to capture the organic uprising happening in every corner of the state against AI data centers. Leaders Kayleigh Henry and Chris Sotiro talk about how young people are rising up, why it’s working, and how they’re just getting started.

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Learn more about CRAN on their website or social media, read their template resolution, and check out Chris’ speech.

Read Saul’s recent Op Ed on data center resistance with Astra Taylor in the Guardian. 

The Hum is produced in partnership with Rowhome Productions. 

CRAN Part 1: A conversation with founder Ben Dziobek

The Climate Revolution Action Network of New Jersey has grabbed the attention of people all over the country for their huge success fighting AI data centers in the densest state in the US. CRAN Executive Director Ben Dziobek gets specific about how they are winning by empowering their Gen Z members and volunteers to form creative alliances to fight big tech right where they grew up and live.  

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Learn more about CRAN on their website or social media, read their template resolution, and check out the “they cancelled it” video.

Read Saul’s recent Op Ed on data center resistance with Astra Taylor in the Guardian. 

The Hum is produced in partnership with Rowhome Productions. 

An interview with Michigan candidates Abdul El Sayed and William Lawrence.  

Abdul El Sayed and William Lawrence are running to represent Michigan in the Senate and House, respectively. Both have leaned in hard in their opposition to runaway data center buildout and now enjoy unexpected leads in primary polling. We discuss how these issues became front and center, what they hope to do about them, and the ways the resistance is bringing people together.  

Note: our interview with El Sayed was recorded in February.

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Learn more about El Sayed and Lawrence’s positions on their websites. You can read more about data center fights in Harper’s Magazine.

Read Saul’s recent Op Ed on data center resistance with Astra Taylor in the Guardian. 

The Hum is produced in partnership with Rowhome Productions. 

Facing a tidal wave of AI data center development and complex corporate takeover in Indiana, residents in all corners of the state have come together to notch stunning victories against big tech. Kerwin Olson and Ben Inskeep of the Indiana Citizen Action Coalition discuss their work with neighbors in dozens of counties to stop outside companies from gobbling up energy, water, and land. 

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Learn more about Indiana CAC and their team’s work at their data center webpage or by following them on Instagram. 

Read Saul’s recent Op Ed on data center resistance with Astra Taylor in the Guardian. 

Coverage of The Hum in El Diario, Spain’s biggest newspaper and a story about data center fights in Harper’s Magazine.

The Hum is produced in partnership with Rowhome Productions. 

 The Seminole Nation in Oklahoma has made international headlines with their unanimously passed ban on AI data centers on their lands. Indigenous organizer Ash Nicole Lamont and Mekusukey Band Representative Chebon Kernell, who introduced the legislation, tell the fascinating story of their community’s successful resistance. They outline the threats of AI data centers to language, tradition, and sovereignty while also questioning how these debates are being prioritized in the first place. 

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Learn more about Ash and the team’s work and fireside chats by following them on Instagram @honortheearth and @stopdatacolonialism and check out the Honor the Earth data center resistance toolkit. Rev. Chebon can be found on Instagram.

Read Saul’s recent Op Ed on data center resistance with Astra Taylor in the Guardian. And listen to Chenjerai Kumanyika’s interview with Saul and Astra on Unruly Subjects. 

Coverage of The Hum in El Diario, Spain’s biggest newspaper and a story about data center fights in Harper’s Magazine.

The Hum is produced in partnership with Rowhome Productions.