What’s Built Here Matters

Communities across America are debating today whether to build data centers. These local decisions will shape our domestic digital infrastructure capacity for a generation.

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What's at Stake

The Internet and the Cloud Are Physical

Data centers are the backbone of the 21st century American economy. Our critical healthcare records, emergency communications, financial transactions, personal text and email messages — all of it depends on the digital infrastructure of data centers. Without continued investment here in America, the services we depend on will become slower, less secure, and more vulnerable to disruption.

A Generational Investment Opportunity

Data center investment enables communities to better fund budget priorities like schools, public safety, and affordable housing through substantial, reliable local tax revenue. Data center projects also fund timely upgrades to aging public power and water infrastructure, relieving pressure on local taxpayers. Developers can cover these costs so community members don’t have to.

American Leadership

Where this infrastructure is built determines where data is stored, who can access it, and under whose laws it operates. Keeping digital infrastructure and the data it supports on American soil is an urgent national security issue — and decisions made in communities right now will either support or undermine our ability to secure our personal data for years to come.

In the News: Real Impacts

“Large load growth from developments like data centers has helped PG&E cut electric rates for the fourth time in two years.”

Patti Poppe
PG&E Corporation CEO (Utility Dive)

“Our communities are so grateful to have that investment and also grateful because they’re coming in as great corporate partners, community partners. They’re acting responsibly, helping to build out the energy grid. They’re making life better, not just with good-paying jobs, they’re actually making life better in these communities and in our states. We’re so grateful for that.”

Mike Johnson

“We’re creating opportunity for our workers, generating new revenue for our local communities, and ensuring the future of AI runs right through Pennsylvania.”

Josh Shapiro

“[A study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and The Brattle Group] found that states with increasing energy demand saw average rates decline in inflation-adjusted terms over the past five years. Meanwhile, states where usage fell often saw steeper-than-average increases. The reason? Electric rates are driven largely by grid upgrades, operating expenses, and other ‘fixed’ costs that don’t change much when energy use rises or falls. So, when there’s more usage, those costs can be shared more widely, allowing lower rates.”

Chris Norman
Vice President of Public Policy, Tucson Electric Power (Arizona Daily Star)

“Each direct data center job supported an estimated 4.5 additional jobs elsewhere in the U.S. economy in 2024, for a total employment multiplier of 5.5. Each dollar of direct value added supported an additional $2.10 elsewhere in the economy. Approximately 56% of indirect and induced jobs occur in services, with the rest distributed across finance/real estate (10.8%), wholesale/retail trade (9.9%), transportation/warehousing (7.3%), and other sectors.”

PwC