Project-specific civic research
How to fight a data center proposal
Start with the decision that is actually pending. We turn a project name or location into a source-linked plan showing who decides, who represents you, what records to request, and how neighbors can organize lawfully.
What successful local campaigns actually do
There is no universal playbook, but documented campaigns repeatedly focus on the legal decision in front of them, fill public meetings, make concerns concrete, and create a record officials can act on.
- Lovejoy, Georgia: a large proposal was withdrawn after vocal resident opposition, and city officials said they would begin updating zoning to prohibit data centers.[1]
- Douglas County, Georgia: commissioners denied rezoning after a packed hearing where neighbors used visual props and played data-center sound examples.[2]
- DeKalb County, Georgia: sustained resident organizing and public comments influenced a commission vote, while organizers continued pressing for stronger protections rather than treating one vote as final.[3]
- Mercer County, Kentucky: residents repeatedly filled meetings, built a visible local group, used open-records requests, and saw the county adopt a temporary moratorium while a separate city annexation path remained unresolved.[4]
Your custom Data Center Opposition Action Plan
Founding launch price
$49 one-time
We research one proposed or expanding U.S. data center and deliver a downloadable PDF within five business days after you complete the intake. If the location or project cannot be identified well enough to research, we refund the order rather than send a generic packet.
Decision map
Planning, zoning, elected, environmental, utility, and other bodies that may control or influence the current step.
Contact sheet
Named local officials, relevant state legislators, agency or docket contacts, and source links.
Talking points
Project-specific questions and concerns grounded in public records, separated from claims that remain unknown.
Organizing kit
A meeting plan, neighbor outreach steps, handout outline, records checklist, and lawful public-comment ideas.
Preview the sample PDF deliverable → (illustrative placeholders, not a live project)
One project and one local jurisdiction per order. No legal filing, attorney review, canvassing, advertising, printing, or guarantee of delay, denial, or withdrawal is included.
What happens after payment
- Pay securely through Stripe. The live checkout collects your email and payment.
- Complete the project intake. Stripe redirects you to a private intake for the project location, notices, deadline, goal, and concerns.
- We verify and research. We confirm the paid order, identify the actual proceeding, and build the decision map, contact sheet, talking points, records checklist, handout outline, and organizing plan.
- Receive the source-linked PDF by email. Delivery goes to the checkout email within five business days after the intake is complete.
Why $49 instead of $15?
Generic advocacy toolkits are widely available for free. The paid value here is the project-specific research: finding the correct case, current decision stage, named contacts, elected districts, records, and useful local talking points. Fifteen dollars would only support an automated template. The founding $49 price supports a human-reviewed brief while remaining low enough for one household or a small neighbor group to split.
Before you buy
- Find the project name, developer, address, parcel, or nearest road.
- Save any notice, agenda, application, news story, or flyer you already have.
- Note the next known meeting or deadline. Rush delivery is not currently offered.
- Pay once, then complete the private project intake.
Need to start free? Use the nationwide participation guide, project-tracking workflow, and state directory.