Matthew Shaw

Interests in Political Science, Public Policy, International Relations, and Data Centers. Volunteer with the Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

I recently made a dataset of community organizations focusing on data centers. Check it out here:
https://t.co/hbNSuJDBEq @GoodJobsFirst @athenaforall @datacenter @KairosFellows @mediajustice @MorePerfectUS @TheAtlantic @NBCNews @CNN @FoxNews @nytimes @WSJ @CNBC @axios @Forbes

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

Check out my and Kris Akin's interview for the Brockovich Report with @ErinBrockovich and @SuzanneWriting on the Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development's work and the threat(s) posed by Data Centers to local communities and the globally: https://t.co/UEuH7EsQVP

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

@HuffPost Find a local group near you with the interactive map at the bottom of the page here: https://t.co/FceszYTXzP

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

@MorePerfectUS Want to find an opposition group near you? Check out the interactive map at the bottom of the page here: https://t.co/FceszYTXzP

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

from the full report: https://t.co/09yqZ6rOhz #datacenters #AI #water #energy

[Marc Levy @timelywriter]

The environmental footprint of data centers rivals some of the world's largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which predicts their water and energy use and pollution will double in just four years as AI use grows.

Via @AP:

https://t.co/Q1MHjacEQy

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

@JamesMelville Is there an organized opposition group? We track groups globally, you can find them on the map at the bottom of the page here: https://t.co/FceszYTXzP

We have none for Scotland currently

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

And opposition groups continue to spike

https://t.co/FceszYTXzP

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

“The public has swung 49 points against data centers in just nine months, underscoring the heightened political salience of the facilities and the AI industry that they embody.”

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

Ohio opposition to data centers is booming, image below from our most recent May release: https://t.co/D95eU2mTkw

#AI #datacenters #Ohio

[TiffinOhio.net @TiffinOhioNews]

More than 100 Ohioans testified against data centers at a state legislature hearing, demanding a moratorium and pressing lawmakers on nondisclosure agreements, water use, and environmental impacts the industry has shielded from public scrutiny. Read more: https://t.co/a2gJrpM57I

[Good Jobs First @GoodJobsFirst]

“Every dollar we subsidize a big tech company is a dollar we can’t put into public schools,” Good Jobs First's Anthony Elmo told @KTSMtv.

Over the next two years, Texas is expected to lose over $3 billion to data center tax breaks.
https://t.co/vjfrKz9q6q

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

@ThomasDekeyser If you have any ideas for how to improve our dataset/report LMK: https://t.co/FceszYTXzP

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

New Data Center Opposition Report for May released:

Up to 345 local opposition groups totaling over 428,000 members!

Check out the full report:

https://t.co/gDZAFJHaVb

Thank you, @2gtherAgainstAI @DavidSKrueger for your work!

@MorePerfectUS @KairosFellows @GoodJobsFirst

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

@ZephyrTeachout The data center opposition movement is so large and full of strange bedfellows that may groups don't focus on end usage so they don't reduce the size of the tent. You can read about opposition in our report here: https://t.co/FceszYTXzP

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

"The data, conversely, suggests that opposition to hyperscale data center development is extremely American." https://t.co/GEEl9vEUgT #AI #Datacenters

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

"As demand accelerates for green energy and AI data-centre infrastructure, fast-tracking extractive projects without respect for Indigenous rights is entrenching historical harms" - Alysha Khambay https://t.co/gOz65QWlTw #datacenters #ai @HonorTheEarth

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

This shows that the data center supply chain has key chokepoints that activists in the U.S. and around the world can focus on to slow irresponsible development outside of regulation https://t.co/WincmyS23R @BernieSanders @AOC @SenWarren #datacenters #ai

[David Krueger 🦥 ⏸️ ⏹️ ⏪ @DavidSKrueger]

NEW REPORT from @EvitableOrg @2gtherAgainstAI @MatthewShawJ

Over 360,000 People across 37 U.S. States are in organized opposition to Data Centers.

We manually searched for Facebook groups related to datacenter projects.

Virtually all the groups were opposed (vs. in favor).

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

@jacobin One key question for me in the data center opposition movement is whether protestors can build cross-movement solidarity. With workers in extractive industries, construction, e-waste, etc

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

Profits > People

[Mississippi Today @MSTODAYnews]

Elon Musk’s data center company, xAI, has more than doubled the number of unchecked natural gas generators at its Southaven facility since coming to Mississippi last summer.
https://t.co/eXAHfhYBNq

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

@RBReich Opposition is growing rapidly, find a group near you and read the full report here https://t.co/FceszYTXzP

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

"In 2024..Dominion Energy, said its data center customers needed 3.5 gigawatts of power, the equivalent of electric use by almost 900,000 homes. Now, requests from data center developers exceed 70 gigawatts, almost three times Dominion’s record peak demand of 25 gigawatts in Jan"

[Charles Paullin @CPaullinVA]

There's a small set of things companies can build before receiving air permits from the EPA.

The Trump administration wants to expand what's allowed.

Environmental groups say that'll make states' scrutiny of permits tougher.

https://t.co/HOniwATWEx

[Matthew Shaw @MatthewShawJ]

@HealthRanger Opposition is growing rapidly, check out my full report here: https://t.co/FceszYTXzP