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.
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.
Christopher Mitchell, director of ILSR's Community Broadband Networks initiative, talks to Building Local Power about the interconnected importance of affordable and reliable broadband access.
Brenda Platt, director of ILSR's Composting for Community Initiative, joins Building Local Power to discuss composting, community, and the legacy of David Morris.
John Farrell shares insights into his time working with ILSR co-founder David Morris, including David's remarkable prescience about the economics of solar power.
Stacy Mitchell shares the wisdom and motivation she received from ILSR co-founder David Morris, which shapes her work at the forefront of the antimonopoly movement.
In recognition of ILSR co-founder David Morris's life and work, we revisit David's BLP interview in 2017 about local power and the power of cities.
ILSR's Sean Gonsalves discusses the cancellation of the Digital Equity Act and its consequences for communities and Internet users.
Paola Santana, founder of G-Commerce, talks to BLP about using a human-centered approach to fix a broken government purchasing system.
Recast City's Ilana Preuss returns to Building Local Power to talk small scale manufacturing and the funding gap for historically marginalized entrepreneurs.
Ladybird Diner's Meg Heriford joins Building Local Power to talk pie, crisis, and how to build and nurture community during unpredictable and volatile times.
Ron Knox joins the Building Local Power podcast to share his reflections on the antimonopoly movement and the importance of states in the antitrust fight.