‼️Richmond City Council will consider a 45-day moratorium on new data center development on Tuesday, September 15. Join CBE, partner organizations, and Richmond residents at City Hall to demand that Council pass this moratorium!

• Richmond City Hall, 450 Civic Center Plaza

• 5 p.m. Community dinner

• 5:30 p.m. Rally

• 6 p.m. City Council meeting

Help us fill the 100-seat Council chamber and the overflow area. Bring a friend and prepare to give public comment. 

RSVP: bit.ly/richmtg915

A moratorium is the first step towards a ban – it would give Richmond time to study the impacts of data centers and decide what protections our community needs before new projects move forward. 

Without immediate action, AI will continue to guzzle water unsustainably, keep fossil fuels online, drive more pollution, and raise electricity costs amid today’s cost-of-living crisis. Together we will build towards a pause and eventual ban on AI data centers in Richmond!

🎨Featured art by David Solnit