Data center moratoriums and bans
Subject in Politics
Data center moratoriums and bans has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Shawn Ryan Show. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Erin BrockovichAmerican environmental advocate, consumer activist, and author known for the Hinkley PG&E groundwater contamination case
Brockovich reported that Blackstone's QTS dropped its Virginia Supreme Court appeal to build the world's largest data center after local opposition.
“After three years of local opposition, Blackstone's QTS has dropped its Virginia Supreme Court appeal to build the world's largest data center”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #322 Erin Brockovich - Will AI Data Centers Secretly Drain America’s Water Supply? (Jul 16, 2026) · Listen from 56:03
Brockovich reported that San Marcos became the first Texas city to fully ban new data centers.
“San Marcos just made history by becoming the very first city in all of Texas to completely and fully ban new data centers”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #322 Erin Brockovich - Will AI Data Centers Secretly Drain America’s Water Supply? (Jul 16, 2026) · Listen from 55:15
Brockovich said about 14 states were considering bans, moratoriums or pauses on new data centers.
“you now have up to 14 states that are considering total bans, moratoriums, they're putting on pauses, hold your horses, we need more information”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #322 Erin Brockovich - Will AI Data Centers Secretly Drain America’s Water Supply? (Jul 16, 2026) · Listen from 27:49
Podcasts
- The Shawn Ryan Show · 1 episode
Episodes
#322 Erin Brockovich - Will AI Data Centers Secretly Drain America’s Water Supply?The Shawn Ryan Show · Jul 16, 2026 · 2 h 15 min
Erin Brockovich tells Shawn Ryan about AI data centers' impact on water, energy, health and communities, and the grassroots opposition her crowdsourced map documents.