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HumansFirst / Amy Kremer
Grassroots coalition that organized the July 18, 2026 national day of protest across 42 states; Kremer is a former Tea Party and Women for Trump leader, framing data-center opposition as a bipartisan liberty issue.
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Sebastian Rucci / Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing
Huntington Beach-based lawyer/engineer developing a $10B, 330MW data center in Imperial County, CA; structured the project to sidestep CEQA review and is suing the Imperial Irrigation District for Colorado River water access while facing a lawsuit from the City of Imperial.
Shark Tank investor proposing a large data center in Box Elder County, Utah; publicly blamed Chinese Communist Party-linked actors for opposition, prompting a defamation lawsuit and a Fox News apology.
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Alliance for a Better Utah, Elevate Strategies, Gabrielle Finlayson, Josh Kanter
Utah advocacy groups/individuals opposing O'Leary's data center; plaintiffs in the federal defamation suit against O'Leary and Fox News.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene / Steve Bannon / Cathy Latham
MAGA-aligned figures who have joined or endorsed the anti-data-center movement; Bannon signed an open letter urging Trump to slow data-center construction.
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Elon Musk / xAI Colossus (Memphis)
Memphis AI data center identified as an epicenter of the backlash; SpaceX/xAI faces a proposed class-action nuisance lawsuit from Southaven residents and a federal Clean Air Act suit from the Southern Environmental Law Center and Earthjustice on behalf of the NAACP.
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Data Center Coalition / Josh Levi
Industry trade group defending the sector's community engagement amid the backlash.
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Kathy Hochul (NY Governor)
Signed a one-year statewide moratorium on new large data center construction on July 14, 2026, the first such state-level action.
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Data Center Watch (research firm)
Tracks blocked/delayed projects nationally; reports $64 billion in projects blocked or delayed over two years and tracks activist group organizing.