"The Working Families Party said Thursday that it is putting out a specific recruitment call for people who are organizing against data centers in their communities to run for office. The announcement comes amid a period of heightened political turmoil around data centers, as some high-profile Democrats wade into the fight. Earlier this week, three Democrats in the Senate sent letters seeking information from Big Tech companies about how data centers impact electricity bills,"
""We see our role as responding to what working families and working people are concerned about, what issues are keeping them up at night," says Ravi Mangla, the national press secretary for the Working Families Party. "We would be ignoring the needs of our constituents if we were not responding to the issue of data centers and their impacts on communities.""
"The Working Families Party was originally founded in New York in the late 1990s; it now has chapters in states across the country. While it (mostly) doesn't seat candidates independently, the progressive third party's endorsements and organizing power can carry real weight in the races where it chooses to get involved. It endorsed Zohran Mamdani in New York's mayoral race this year, as well as a string of other successful candidates."
The Working Families Party is recruiting people who are organizing against local data centers to run for office to address community impacts. The move occurs amid heightened political scrutiny of data centers, with several Senate Democrats seeking information from Big Tech about electricity bill impacts and Bernie Sanders calling for a moratorium on construction. The party traces its origins to New York in the late 1990s and now maintains chapters across multiple states. The party typically cross-endorses rather than independently seats candidates, but endorsements and organizing power can sway races. Local opposition to data centers has increased as tech companies expand facility construction.
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