Can we send you a lawn sign opposing data centers?

Your community isn't collateral damage in Silicon Valley's AI race.

Dear MoveOn member, We want to put a sign in your yard: "No Data Centers in Our Community—Protect Our Futures." Get your yard sign now, while supplies last! Don’t have a yard? Put it in your window. Here's why we made it, and why the timing matters. AI needs staggering amounts of water and electricity—and it’s driving up our utility bills. One study shows that in states with a high concentration of data centers like Virginia, electricity prices have increased by up to 267% over the last five years.1 And here's who's cashing in while these energy- and water-hogging data centers pollute your drinking water and cause your utility bills go through the roof: Forbes counted 468 tech billionaires on its 2026 list, worth a record $4.8 trillion combined—up $1.1 trillion in a single year, almost entirely on the strength of the AI boom.2 That's more than a trillion dollars in new wealth for a few hundred people, built substantially on data centers sitting in communities like yours, while the rest of us struggle with sky-high prices at the gas pump and grocery store. Click here now to get your "No Data Centers in Our Community—Protect Our Futures" yard sign, while supplies last. To add fuel to the fire, here's what Donald Trump said on social media: "The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor."3 Translation: If your community doesn't want its water table drained, its electricity bills spiked, and its farmland paved over to feed AI models—you're the problem. Not by a long shot. A handful of Silicon Valley billionaires are asking your community to absorb the noise, the water use, the strained power grid, and the higher electricity costs—while they bank the trillion-dollar upside. Your community isn't collateral damage in Silicon Valley's AI race. Get your "No Data Centers in Our Community—Protect Our Futures" yard sign now. Thanks for all you do. –Elizabeth, Corinne, Aliya, Mark, and the rest of the team Sources: 1. "Data Center Power Demands Are Contributing to Higher Energy Bills," Environmental and Energy Study Institute, February 24, 2026 https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/data-center-power-demands-are-contributing-to-higher-energy-bills 2. "World’s Billionaires List: Facts And Figures," Forbes, March 18, 2026 https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2026/03/10/2026-worlds-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures/ 3. Post on Truth Social by Donald J. Trump, August 31, 2026 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117190477440173795 Want to support MoveOn's work? As millions of us continue to march, protest, and take care of our neighbors, we must also organize to make the 2026 midterms a landslide rejection of Trump and MAGA Republicans. MoveOn is planning the most sophisticated midterm election program in our 28-year history—designed to turn out voters at a scale that overcomes Republican voter suppression. Will you chip in to power a progressive wave in November’s election? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Donate: $3 Donate: $20 Donate: $75 Donate another amount PAID FOR BY MOVEON POLITICAL ACTION, https://pol.moveon.org/. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. MoveOn Political Action - PO Box 96142, Washington, D.C. 20090-6142. This email was sent to Andra Patterson on September 12, 2026. To change your email address or update your contact info, click here. MoveOn's privacy policy was recently updated. To read our new privacy policy, click here. To remove yourself from this list, unsubscribe. Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from MoveOn, please click here.