Protecting Our Resources from Corporate Tech Exploitation
Technological innovation is vital for our economic future, but unchecked corporate expansion must never come at the expense of our health, our wallets, or our basic needs. Across the country—and increasingly right here in our region—large-scale data centers are being built at a breakneck pace, hiding an alarming environmental cost behind closed doors. These massive facilities consume millions of gallons of water a day to cool their servers and strain our local power grids, driving up residential utility costs while leaving communities to face infrastructure instability and drought concerns. It is fundamentally wrong that working families should have to compete with billion-dollar tech giants for access to clean water and reliable, affordable power.
I am running for Congress to bring radical transparency and accountability to corporate tech expansion before our communities are drained dry. I am fighting for strict federal environmental standards for data centers, including mandatory public reporting on water and energy consumption and ironclad protections for local ecosystems. Any tech corporation capitalizing on our public infrastructure must be legally required to invest directly back into the communities they occupy—funding localized utility upgrades, committing to 100% renewable energy, and restoring local watersheds. Innovation should elevate our quality of life, not diminish it. I will always put the safety, health, and financial stability of working families ahead of corporate convenience and unchecked profit.
