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Protecting Local Communities from AI Data Center Impacts

This is the first of four Finger Lakes Forecast webinars since our first series in 2022. On March 11, 2026, we held a panel discussion on Protecting Local Communities from AI Data Center Impacts. Across the country, local communities are organizing to protest plans for massive AI data centers in their neighborhoods that drive up electricity prices for everyone, while threatening water supplies and disrupting lives. New York needs to get ahead of the problem by imposing a temporary moratorium on data center development while we figure out how, and if, their negative impacts can be eliminated. Hear from Eric Weltman, Senior Organizer for Food & Water Watch, who helped push for a moratorium in NYS, Assemblywoman Anna Kelles, sponsor of the moratorium bill in the Assembly, and Allison DeSario, member of the FLX Strong citizen group protesting the creation of a 400 MW hyperscale AI data center on the shores of Cayuga Lake. 00:00 Opening remarks and Introductions 7:04 Eric 15:45 Allison 31:42 Anna 47:09 Q&A 1:14:47 Closing remarks and call to action