No. 01 · The complete handbook
What to Demand from Data Centers
Leverage, evidence, and enforceable terms for communities facing existing and incoming facilities
Updated June 2026 · Model/advocacy reference, not legal advice · Download the PDF
01
Know Before You NegotiateThe facility, the leverage, and the playbook before any table.
02
Energy & Ratepayer ProtectionWho pays for the power — the project, or every household on the grid.
03
WaterWhose water the facility draws, and who is left dry in a drought.
04
Environmental & Quality of LifeNoise, air, light, and the people who live and breathe closest.
05
Fiscal TermsWhether the deal actually nets positive once the giveaways are counted.
06
Jobs & Economic JusticeWhether local people get the work — or watch it leave with the crews.
07
EnforcementThe machinery that turns every promise into a binding obligation.
08
Process & OrganizingHow a community gets in the room with the power to be answered.
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Two Contracts, One Data CenterThe company’s draft beside the community’s, clause by clause.
B
Master Demand ChecklistAll 84 demands across Parts 2–8, plus the readiness check.