AI data centers

Argued AI-powered surveillance builds intimate profiles of residents and warned of government weaponization, urging the council to cancel Flock and ban AI data centers.

Detailed the explosive growth of AI data centers — 2,090 more planned nationwide — their outsized power and water demands, and asked the council to extend the moratorium to allow careful study.

A congressional candidate flagged a major loophole: the 25-megawatt limit applies per property, not per owner, so companies could subdivide; he urged a one-year moratorium extension and a countywide 50 MW cap.

A software engineer and first-time speaker said neither he nor a dozen people he surveyed feel safer with Flock, citing unresolved security vulnerabilities and weak evidence of crime reduction.

A District 11 resident and congressional candidate urged extending the AI data center moratorium to October 2027 and ending the Flock camera program, saying the public opposes both.

A UK politics teacher and congressional candidate urged extending the data center moratorium and ending the Flock contract, citing Harvard research on data center health impacts and the $2 million Flock cost.