Activist Erin Brockovich is setting her sights on the AI industry, launching a new crowdsourced map that collects community concerns about the major AI data centers popping up across the country. “The RACE to build AI infrastructures is unfolding town by town across America. In some places, data centers are welcomed. In others, they are delayed, contested or abandoned altogether. This MAP captures the real-world footprint of that race — revealing patterns of growth, conflict and uncertainty,” Brockovich said on the map’s webpage. Brockovich is best known for her work on the successful case against Pacific Gas & Electric over the company’s contamination of groundwater in California. Julia Roberts even won an Oscar for playing Brockovich in the 2000 film based on her life. Now, the activist is taking aim at the AI boom backed by the White House, Wall Street, and some of the most powerful companies in the world. Brockovich’s effort comes as nearly every major tech company, including Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI, is pouring billions of dollars into building out the infrastructure needed to train and run their competing AI models. Collectively, these companies are expected to spend at least $700 billion this year on AI infrastructure and development, according to CNBC.