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The woman who took on a corporate giant and inspired a Hollywood movie is now turning her attention to one of the fastest-growing industries in America: AI data centers.

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has launched a crowdsourced map tracking data center construction across the United States, giving residents a place to report concerns about projects being built in their communities.

And the complaints pouring in reveal a common theme:

People feel they are being left out of the conversation.

According to the project, thousands of responses have been submitted from nearly every state. The most frequent concern wasn’t artificial intelligence itself — it was transparency.

Residents described learning about massive projects only after key decisions had already been made. Others claimed public meetings provided little opportunity for meaningful input, while some alleged that nondisclosure agreements, private negotiations, and limited public disclosure made it difficult for communities to organize opposition before projects secured approval.

The timing is significant.

Across America, technology companies are racing to build the enormous infrastructure required to power the AI boom. These facilities consume vast amounts of electricity, require significant water resources, and often reshape local economies and landscapes.

One project drawing national attention is the proposed Stratos Project in Utah, a massive development reportedly spanning tens of thousands of acres. The scale of the project has sparked debate about energy consumption, public subsidies, and who ultimately benefits from these investments.

Supporters argue data centers bring jobs, tax revenue, and technological leadership.

Critics counter that local communities often shoulder the costs through increased demand on power grids, pressure on water supplies, changes to property values, and public incentives offered to attract corporate investment.

And increasingly, residents are fighting back.

Across the country, communities have pushed for development pauses, local restrictions, and public votes. In some places, elected officials have lost their seats after supporting controversial data center projects despite community opposition.

The debate has also moved into courtrooms. Concerns about environmental impacts, water use, and infrastructure demands have led to lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny in several regions.

What makes this issue different is that most people use artificial intelligence every day without ever seeing the physical infrastructure behind it.

Every chatbot conversation.
Every AI-generated image.
Every automated recommendation.

Behind each one sits a growing network of massive facilities consuming electricity, water, land, and resources.

And as those facilities spread across the country, more communities are asking a simple question:

If the future of artificial intelligence is being built in our backyard, shouldn’t we have a voice in what that future looks like?

That question is exactly what Erin Brockovich’s new project is trying to bring into the spotlight.