rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/no-new-data-centers-in-iowa?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-no-new-data-centers-in-iowa' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Iowa CCI Action https://actionnetwork.org/groups/iowa-cci-action https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Data Centers house electronic equipment used to store, compute and transmit all sorts of information and data; they’re full of computer servers, chips and related equipment that power AI (artificial intelligence) and other technologies. They use enormous amounts of electricity, water and land, and are oftentimes owned/operated by trillion-dollar corporations like Amazon, Meta, Google and Microsoft. Here’s what we know: • Big Tech has been rapidly expanding its data centers across the U.S. -- we had 2,701 in 2022, we now have well over 4,200. • This expansion has been driven by Big Tech’s speculative AI “boom” and its close ties to the fossil fuel industry & other industries. • When it comes to water, a typical data center uses about 300,000 gallons per day. But large data centers can use an estimated 5 million gallons of water each day, equivalent to the needs of a town of up to 50,000 residents. • When it comes to electricity, a single hyperscale data center can consume 20-100+ MW (megawatts) of power continuously, equivalent to powering 15,000-75,000 homes. • Data centers receive billions of dollars in financial incentives from state and local governments through property tax abatements, sales tax exemptions and other subsidies. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/no-new-data-centers-in-iowa