After the Green New Deal Network folded at the end of 2025, climate organizers have turned their attention to blocking new data centers across the United States. The shift has drawn in a broader coalition concerned about energy use, water consumption, and rising electricity costs.
The Green New Deal Network, a coalition of climate, labor, and social justice groups, ended operations on December 31, 2025. Its former director of campaigns and politics, Saul Levin, now runs a Signal chat with about 350 members in 40 states to coordinate opposition to data centers.
Local groups including the Sunrise Movement have mobilized in cities such as Dallas, Denver, Pittsburgh, and Lansing, Michigan. In Seattle, the city council approved a moratorium on new large facilities earlier this month after learning five major projects could require one-third of the city’s typical daily power use.
A letter sent to Congress this month calling for a nationwide moratorium drew signatures from more than 500 environmental organizations. In the first three months of 2026, opponents blocked or delayed at least 75 proposed facilities valued at nearly $130 billion, according to organizers.
A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report found data centers could drive about one-third of U.S. electricity demand growth between 2024 and 2030. Gallup polling shows 75 percent of Democrats and 63 percent of Republicans oppose building such facilities in their communities.
