Every AI data center on Earth, and everyone pushing back.

A global repository on the current status of AI data centers across the world. Covering new projects, local and global pushback, and research on sustainability & resource optimization - all in one easily trackable place.

Latest developments

New proposals, approvals, legal fights, and policy moves.

4 Sept 2026The Business Standard / BBCAustralia
Australia's AI data centre boom raises concerns over power, water and jobs
1 Sept 2026Rystad Energy / BrightlioChina
China prepares a 295 billion dollar five-year plan for AI computing hubs
1 Sept 2026Reuters / BrightlioSouth Korea
South Korea plans 8.4 GW of AI data center capacity in national push
1 Sept 2026BrightlioThailand
Thailand approves billions in new data center projects
30 Aug 2026Data Centre MagazineAustralia
AEMO 2026 Electricity Statement of Opportunities: data centre demand
All developments

Opposition watch

Where the public is pushing back - and how it's going.

24 Sept 2026Superpower DailyUnited Statesongoing
Activists picket AI companies over Project Jupiter water and power
12 Sept 2026Italian TimesItalyvictory
Lombardy: grassroots protests slow construction of two data centers
10 Sept 2026All About IndustriesAustraliaongoing
Australian town's data center opposition began in a WhatsApp group
10 Sept 2026MongabayBrazilongoing
Huge AI data center project blindsides water-stressed town in Brazil
26 Aug 2026ABC NewsAustraliaongoing
Proposal to turn former Ford factory into giant data centre sparks resident revolt
All opposition coverage

Optimisation research

The work going into making this infrastructure less costly to run - and to live near.

1 Sept 2026ModuledgeEurope
EU data center regulations 2026: PUE, reporting and compliance
20 Aug 2026arXiv (Khanal et al.)Global
Shift or curtail? How much data-center flexibility is worth depends on the host grid
15 Aug 2026Energy Conversion and Management (KIER)South Korea
Thermal design-based waste heat strategies for liquid-cooled data centers in 3rd-generation district heating
24 Jul 2026Digital in AsiaVietnam
Vietnam enacts one of the world's first standalone AI laws
20 Jul 2026RenewEconomyAustralia
Bring the data to the power: answer to AI problem could help solve renewable curtailment
All research