1. United States
2. Pa.
3. Letter

I support technological progress, including AI, but the data center buildout must be transparent, resilient, and fair to the public. A new First Street climate risk assessment (https://mailchi.mp/firststreet.org/global-flood-recording-20587246?e=4bade4efca) found that 54% of global data center capacity already operates under chronic heat or water stress, while 79% is exposed to acute risks such as flood, wind, or wildfire. The report warns that climate risk is still underpriced even though it affects uptime, insurance, financing, grid reliability, and long-term infrastructure performance. Please support federal guardrails requiring AI and large data centers to disclose their projected water use, electricity demand, backup power plans, emissions, climate risk exposure, and expected impacts on local infrastructure before projects are approved or fast-tracked. Specifically, I ask you to support or co-sponsor S. 4213, the Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4213). For the House, please support H.R. 8488, the AI Data Center Site Selection Transparency Act of 2026 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8488), and related ratepayer-protection bills such as H.R. 8033 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8033) and H.R. 6529 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6529). No community should be asked to subsidize Big Tech’s power bill, sacrifice water security, or accept hidden climate risk behind NDAs. Build the digital future, but build it responsibly.