Editor's take

Erin Brockovich is now organizing a global campaign against the proliferation of AI data centers, citing concerns over their environmental impact and potential health risks, mirroring her past fight against Pacific Gas and Electric.

This expansion of her activism highlights growing public awareness and opposition to the immense resource demands of AI infrastructure, particularly water usage for cooling and energy consumption. It signals a potential flashpoint between the rapid development of AI, driven by tech giants like Nvidia and Microsoft, and environmental justice movements.

Future attention should focus on the regulatory responses to these environmental concerns, the development of more sustainable cooling technologies for data centers, and whether Brockovich's campaign can mobilize sufficient political pressure to influence policy decisions regarding AI infrastructure deployment globally.