"Digital equity work does not cost the federal government money," says broadband expert Christopher Mitchell.
New Community Technology Center expands digital access, remote work, telehealth, education, and high-speed Internet opportunities in rural Vermont.
Do humans use technology, or does technology use humans? The answer frames how to think about data centers and the resistance to them.
The Verge published an in-depth piece authored by our own Sean Gonsalves and ILSR contributor Karl Bode that examines how BEAD became a billionaire boondoggle.
Broadband surge is the result of Tribal Nations’ mission to establish "network sovereignty," says census researcher Jessica Auer.
A tribute to Compost Guru Benny Erez: Mentor, Teacher, and Friend
Are data centers making electric bills go up? We ask experts this and other questions about how utilities profit from Big Tech's AI boom.
Elon Musk's Colossus 1 data center in Memphis reflects a historical pattern of corporations siting polluting facilities in poor or Black neighborhoods.
A proposed data center galvanizes resistance in a small West Virginia community, sparking a fight over state vs. local control.
We start at the epicenter: a once-semi-rural Northern Virginia community transformed by Big Tech’s sprawling data centers, sparking a fight for land, autonomy, and transparency.
With tax day as a backdrop, the ILSR Community Broadband Networks Initiative and the National Digital Inclusion Alliance convened its quarterly Building for Digital Equity...
BLP's new season, "The Data Centers are Coming," uncovers how deeply the data center conflict is steeped in America’s legacy of monopolies versus motivated communities.
The webinar examined what it takes to connect communities floor by floor, building by building.
ILSR's Christopher Mitchell talks to State Scoop about the far reaching significance of a new affordable Internet law passed in New Mexico.
New Mexico becomes first state to step up in absence of federal action to support households that can’t afford to pay for monthly Internet service.