The best Data Centers newsletters

404 Media is an independent tech journalism outlet whose newsletter covers investigative stories on surveillance, identity theft, fraud, and the physical impacts of technology such as data centers. Readers get long-form reporting that centers affected people and digs into how systems fail in practice.

Robert Bryce reports on energy, power grids, and the politics of technology through articles and short documentaries. Readers get on-the-ground visits to power facilities, analysis of the data center backlash, and historical stories about energy use.

Jeff Ding's weekly ChinAI newsletter translates and previews writing from Chinese thinkers and journalists on China's AI landscape, covering topics from data centers to work culture. Readers get English translations of longform pieces plus curated roundups of recent Chinese-language articles.

A long-form newsletter by a writer covering AI and Silicon Valley culture through an anthropological lens, with reporting on the political backlash against AI, data centers, and AI safety. Readers get reported pieces, interviews with politicians and activists, and commentary on how AI is entering mainstream politics.

Data-driven stories about where and why US data centers are being built, covering their energy supply, politics and economics. Excerpts from Cleanview research reports are presented with analysis of permitting, power sources and election impacts.

Erin Brockovich and Suzanne Boothby cover the national water crisis, toxic chemicals and local environmental health threats, with a current focus on data center opposition and ballot measures. Issues combine news roundups, local examples, civic action links and calls for reader stories.

Updates from a San Gabriel Valley community coalition opposing AI data centers and battery energy storage systems, including rally announcements, media coverage and local council outcomes. Readers get calls to action and news on local campaigns in City of Industry, Hacienda Heights and South El Monte.