AI Data Center Opponents Fight Back at Local Level
April 10, 2026
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AI Data Center Opponents Fight Back at Local Level
Summary
The fight over data centers is intensifying in California and nationwide as organizers develop new strategies to take on tech companies and developers. While an Imperial Valley site is moving forward despite community backlash, Monterey Park will vote this June on whether to ban all data center development in the city — one of multiple data center referendums on ballots across the U.S. this year. We’ll talk with a data center developer who says these sites create jobs and infrastructure necessary for the A.I. boom and a state lawmaker who wants more oversight.
Guests:
Molly Taft, senior climate reporter, WIRED
Kori Suzuki, South Bay & Imperial Valley Reporter, KPBS Public Media
Sen. Steve Padilla, state senator representing the counties of San Diego, Imperial, Riverside and San Bernardino
Sebastian Rucci, chief executive officer, Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC
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