Make Big Tech Pay

A campaign of The Tech Oversight Project

We need to Make Big Tech Pay for data centers that are driving up our energy bills and damaging our environment – all while collecting massive taxpayer handouts. They need to foot the bill, not us.

7 in 10
Americans oppose data centers in their communities
85%
of voters say Big Tech, not taxpayers, should pay
1 job
per 5,000 sq ft of data center
Billions
in subsidies & tax breaks while bills rise
The Problem

Your bills are rising. Here's why.

Big Tech companies are building massive AI data centers across the country that consume enormous amounts of electricity. The result? Your bills are skyrocketing while they pocket taxpayer subsidies.

The Fix

What needs to change

01 — No more blank checks

Force tech giants to pay for their data centers

Stop the false choice between community investment and giving trillion-dollar companies blank checks. Force tech giants to pay for their data centers, instead of hardworking Americans.

02 — In the states

Protect ratepayers. End the tax breaks.

Pass real state-level ratepayer protections into law and end the billions in annual state and local tax breaks for data center construction. That's money that should fund schools, healthcare, and strategic, sustainable long-term economic development.

03 — In Congress

Pass the SHIELD Act

Support legislation like H.R. 7066, the SHIELD Act, which would require data centers and other massive energy users to pay for their own grid infrastructure instead of passing those costs to families and small businesses.

Take Action

Make Big Tech Pay.

Tell your lawmakers: force Big Tech – not taxpayers – to pay for the true cost of data centers.

Take Action
Key Resources

Make Big Tech Pay in your state

State-by-state fact sheets
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