Data Resistances Map '26

Selected tech companies' data centers + data labor sites that are met with water, land, and labor-related resistances reported in 2025-2026, including protests and lawsuits. These only include opposition that target specific tech companies, not protests against data centers in general.

More data will be added this year.

Hover over a country / click on a point.

Data sources: basemap from Esri; rivers & lakes © + Countries from Natural Earth; Data center number data from Data Center Map; Resistance sites compiled from multiple news sources (links inside each pop up)*.
*News sources were collected thru searching for all cases where a local community protested or started a lawsuit against a specific tech company.
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Research & mapping by Heya Kwon as part of Indigenous Cartography class, taught by Yvonne Mpwo & Jade Rhodes @ SFPC.