Tell Congress: Stop the Dirty Data Center and Pollution Deal

Congress is preparing to advance a sweeping deal that could fast-track massive AI data centers and fossil fuel projects while weakening environmental protections. With a critical Senate vote expected Monday, November 9, lawmakers could soon take the first step toward giving corporate developers more power to pollute and bulldoze our communities.

Just days ago, Americans sent Big Tech a powerful message at the ballot box. Voters approved restrictions on data centers in 44 of 45 completed local referendum votes. Now Congress is considering legislation that environmental advocates warn could weaken communities' ability to fight back.

The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act would narrow environmental reviews and shorten deadlines for legal challenges. Critics warn that these changes could help developers push through harmful projects while leaving residents with fewer ways to protect their neighborhoods.

Tell Congress: Reject this dirty permitting deal. Don't let Big Tech and fossil fuel companies steamroll our communities.

Massive AI data centers consume enormous amounts of electricity and water. Communities are already confronting concerns about rising energy demand, strained water supplies, and pollution from the power plants needed to keep these facilities running. Families deserve protection from those risks, not fewer opportunities to challenge them.

And the danger extends far beyond data centers. Environmental groups warn that the bill could also accelerate pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure, making it harder to stop projects that threaten clean air, drinking water, and public health.

Supporters say the legislation would speed clean energy development and require data centers to pay for grid upgrades instead of shifting those costs to households. But those provisions don't resolve concerns about weakened environmental oversight and reduced opportunities for communities to challenge harmful projects.

More than 160 environmental, health, consumer, and religious organizations are urging Congress to reject the deal. Yet the Senate is preparing for a procedural vote that could move it one step closer to becoming law.

That vote is only the beginning. If the Senate advances the legislation, lawmakers in both chambers will still have opportunities to reject weakened safeguards and demand stronger protections.

Congress has a choice: Preserve meaningful environmental reviews and community rights, or make it easier for developers to pollute and destroy.

Add your name: Tell Congress to reject the dirty data center and permitting deal. Protect clean air, safe water, and communities' right to challenge dangerous development.

Thanks for all that you do,
Matt from the Swarm