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Submission from the People's FAQ, debunking the university of Michigan's lies!
about 2 months ago
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Next assembly is Saturday morning Oct 11th at 10am, put it on your calendar and invite your friends!
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CALL FOR SKILL SHARE SUBMISSIONS The Data Center weekend of action (10/9-10/13) is coming up and we plan to kick it off on Friday and Saturday with skill shares, workshops, and art builds! What we need from you: Please pitch your skill share ideas to
[email protected]
BY OCTOBER 1st.
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Stop the Data Center is going on a speaking tour!! Check us out in Chicago, Detroit, Carbondale IL, Bloomington IN, Gary IN, and more coming!
12 days ago
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UM Los Alamos data center is delayed by 1 year! So far!! Great work, this is directly due to all of your pressure!! Can't wait to get this whole project canceled 🥳🥳💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
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Submission from our email.
about 1 month ago
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Solidarity with everyone defending water any way they can! Water is for life, not for computers!!!
ictnews.org/news/southwe...
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Proposed data center prompts Tucson to regulate large water users - ICT
New ordinance will require those planning to use large amounts of city water to apply and demonstrate their conservation plans
https://ictnews.org/news/southwest-bureau/proposed-data-center-prompts-tucson-to-regulate-large-water-users/
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Next months meeting!!
about 1 month ago
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Submission from our email.
about 1 month ago
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We have been hearing from folks that they want to learn how to get more involved in the fight against the Ypsi Data Center. Come this Saturday for campaign updates, an orientation on how we organize, and the opportunity to DO STUFF to fight the data center. food and childcare provided!
about 1 month ago
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Come hang in half an hour for good trouble and so many burritos!!!
about 1 month ago
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This Saturday!! Invite all your friends, neighbors, frenemies, whoever! There will be food, let's do it!!
about 2 months ago
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Michigan is going in bad direction!
insideclimatenews.org/news/0408202...
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New Data Center Proposals Would ‘Kill’ Michigan’s Strong New Climate Laws - Inside Climate News
New Michigan data center plans are on the verge of triggering an “offramp” in the state’s nation-leading climate laws that would effectively halt the shift to renewables less than two years after the ...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04082025/michigan-data-centers-would-kill-climate-laws/
about 2 months ago
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Mark your calendar! Zoom options available as well
about 2 months ago
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New yard signs at 766 Mansfield in Ypsi, come pick your favorite for free!
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Many people have asked us, why do your stickers say "UM out of Ypsi"? What's wrong with the university?!? Well, we hate war and UM is the number 1 defense contractor in the state of Michigan. Also, check out this new report on how they fund g*noc*de in 🍉
tahrirumich.org/research/end...
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The University Endowment and the Genocide in Gaza
A student-led movement fighting for divestment from Israel and the war machine
https://tahrirumich.org/research/endowment-guide
about 2 months ago
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Remmelt 🛑
about 2 months ago
Imagining doing this to our elderly is just horrible.
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We are tired of U of M's secrets and lies!
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A deep dive on the Ypsi data center fight! Share with friends who haven't heard of it yet!
www.peoplesworld.org/article/as-b...
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As big data center targets Michigan town, residents ask: Who benefits?
YPSILANTI, Mich.—Ever since a team of activists began stickering the Ypsilanti-Ann Arbor area of Michigan with provocative slogans, the “Ypsi Data Center” has been the talk of the town.
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/as-big-data-center-targets-michigan-town-residents-ask-who-benefits/
about 2 months ago
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See you Saturday Aug 23rd at Ypsilanti Superior Library
about 2 months ago
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Submission from the People's FAQ, debunking the university of Michigan's lies!
about 2 months ago
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It's Going Down
about 2 months ago
Trump wants to expand his authoritarian playbook of military troops on the ground in more cities. Check out our interview with
@pplscitycouncil.bsky.social
to see how people in Los Angeles mobilized to defend their neighbors.
itsgoingdown.org/interview-lo...
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Tomorrow sign making at prospect Park in ypsi. Bring old yard signs if you have them!
about 2 months ago
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We don't wanna foot the bill for UofM and Los Alamos' bloodlust!
futurism.com/ai-datacente...
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AI Datacenters Are Raising Nearby Residents' Electric Bills
AI data centers are causing energy bills to soar in the US's largest power grid, which includes cities like Washington DC and Philadelphia.
https://futurism.com/ai-datacenters-raising-electric-bills
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www.commondreams.org/newswire/350...
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350.org Slams Utility Rate Hikes Driven by AI and Data Center Boom
As U.S. utilities push for billions with steep rate hikes, citing the need to repair climate-damaged infrastructure and upgrade the aging power grid to meet rising demand, campaigners are sounding the...
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/350-org-slams-utility-rate-hikes-driven-by-ai-and-data-center-boom
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The University hasn't shared it's generator plan, but we should prepare for the worst
planetdetroit.org/2024/08/are-...
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Are Virginia's power-hungry data centers a warning for Michigan?
Virginia environmental advocates warn Michigan about data centers that could jeopardize climate goals and increase air pollution.
https://planetdetroit.org/2024/08/are-virginias-power-hungry-data-centers-a-warning-for-michigan/
2 months ago
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2 months ago
I think there's only one potential good thing the data center could do. Maybe trans musicians will come sample the noise pollution?
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Great press! "Ypsilanti-area residents are protesting the data center, raising concerns about the power and water-hungry project’s potential to harm the Huron River, increase water and electricity rates, and possibly support drone warfare and surveillance technology."
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University of Michigan’s ‘big bad data center’ faces opposition from top Ypsilanti Township official
Ypsilanti Township Supervisor Brenda Stumbo challenges the University of Michigan's $1.2 billion data center project, highlighting potential environmental and community issues.
https://planetdetroit.org/2025/07/ypsilanti-township-data-center/
2 months ago
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Want a yard sign? Day or night come pick one up from 766 Mansfield in Ypsi!
2 months ago
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Data centers mean more fracking in our communities
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/19/t...
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The good, the bad, and the ugly on Ohio’s long overdue energy legislation • Ohio Capital Journal
Rolling back coal subsidies under a new proposed Ohio energy bill would be great news, but would come at a high cost. Instead of bailing out nuclear plants, Ohioans could find themselves living next t...
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/19/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-on-ohios-long-overdue-energy-legislation/
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They are destroying our world!
www.wpr.org/news/water-e...
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Water and energy use is growing as data centers are built across the Midwest and Great Plains
Data centers are expanding across the central U.S. to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence. That's raising concerns about growing energy demand and freshwater usage.
https://www.wpr.org/news/water-energy-use-data-centers-midwest-great-plains
2 months ago
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Are you a graduate worker or researcher in a STEM department at the University of Michigan or EMU? come to our awesome teach-in! Register at
bit.ly/724TeachIn
2 months ago
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This Wednesday at 3pm let's go tell the water board to STOP THE DATA CENTER
2 months ago
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AI is becoming the new backbone of surveillance tools also! We have to dismantle the technofascist police state!
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2 months ago
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Bad for everyone! "Ratepayers in other states will end up paying for the infrastructure that transports energy to data centers. West Virginia, which the report uses as a case study, could pay an estimated $440 million for two new energy transmission lines, despite having no data center industry"
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AI data centers require massive amounts of power—making electricity more expensive for everyone around them
Is new infrastructure to support big tech ambitions driving up energy costs for everyone?
https://www.fastcompany.com/91368903/ai-data-centers-require-massive-amounts-of-power-making-electricity-more-expensive-for-everyone-around-them
2 months ago
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Filming everyone in public spaces is bad for so many reasons!
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Amazon is destroying our world!
www.seattletimes.com/business/ama...
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Amazon's carbon emissions jump for first time since 2021
Amid the AI boom, Amazon's direct emissions increased for the first time since 2021, a new report shows.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazons-carbon-emissions-jump-as-ai-push-tests-companys-climate-pledge/
2 months ago
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Reminder about our next community gathering! Bring old yard signs if you got 'em! 🧑🎨
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3 months ago
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The health impacts of these data centers will be felt for generations. Not in Ypsi though because we will Stop the Data Center!!!
techpolicy.press/data-center-...
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Data Center Boom Risks Health of Already Vulnerable Communities | TechPolicy.Press
We must examine data center locations in tandem with cumulative historical and societal contexts, writes the Kapor Foundation's Cecilia Marrinan.
https://techpolicy.press/data-center-boom-risks-health-of-already-vulnerable-communities
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data centers are disaster for our water
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...
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Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/technology/meta-data-center-water.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
3 months ago
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They will continue this unless we take action to stop it!
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3 months ago
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Let's keep the pressure on the township! Here's a quick and easy email campaign to let them know how you feel!
actionnetwork.org/letters/the-...
3 months ago
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Invite your friends to the meeting on Tuesday!! We have will supplies to write incarcerated friends (addresses for folks accused of protesting ICE) plus coloring pages to pass the time in the boring meeting. Come for the food and friends, stay for the 🔥🔥🔥public comment!
3 months ago
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We have 1,000 followers on Instagram, what's the deal with blue sky? Share us with your friends so we can STOP THE DATA CENTER
3 months ago
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Fighting data centers across the country needs to be a top priority if we want to survive
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centre
Residents in rural Georgia say the data centre next door has disrupted their water supply.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8gy7lv448o
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Wanna learn more about why we hate data centers?
techpolicy.press/learnings-fr...
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Learnings from Five Cases of Data Center Development and Defiance | TechPolicy.Press
The Maybe's Hanna Barakat considers lessons from five data center developments in Chile, the US, the Netherlands, Mexico, and South Africa.
https://techpolicy.press/learnings-from-five-cases-of-data-center-development-and-defiance
3 months ago
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$64 billion of data centers in the USA have been stopped or delayed by local governments. Let's demand ours DO SOMETHING!
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
3 months ago
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Watch til the end! So inspiring! 🥰😍
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We are targeting state and federal law makers next. Get geared up by signing the petition
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
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Stop the Hydro Park Data Center
We need to be loud about out opposition to the data center! There is so much not to like: the impact to the water, air, and land, the health effects to surrounding communities, the tax money, the war ...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-the-hydro-park-data-center
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