The Anti-Surveillance Toolkit

Tools & Resources

The most complete anti-surveillance toolkit assembled anywhere — the best tools, maps, watchdogs, and reading from across the movement, in one place. We didn't build these; brilliant people and organizations did. We point you to them so you can find what's watching your town and do something about it. We're fans and allies, not affiliated with any of them.

Find & Map the Data Centers

Map Data Center Map The most complete public directory of data centers — worldwide, searchable by location. Learn more → Research Data Center Watch Tracks data-center projects that communities have proposed, delayed, or blocked nationwide. Learn more →

Protect Yourself & Take Action

Civic Upcoming Meetings Find upcoming public meetings where data-center projects are on the agenda. Learn more → Advocacy Food & Water Watch — Stop Data Centers A national campaign and toolkit for slowing runaway data-center buildout in your community. Learn more →

Investigate & Learn

Research NRDC — Grid & Energy The environmental group's research on what new load does to the grid, rates, and ratepayers. Learn more → Explainer Consumer Reports — AI Data Centers A clear consumer-side explainer on how data centers hit your electric bill and local water. Learn more →

Public Records & FOIA

Records MuckRock File, track, and publish public-records requests — deadlines handled for you. Learn more → Records FOIA.gov The federal government's own FOIA portal — basics, agency contacts, and filing. Learn more → Records Open Government Guide (RCFP) State-by-state explainers of your open-records and open-meetings rights. Learn more → Records National Freedom of Information Coalition Sunshine-law training, resources, and state FOI coalitions. Learn more →

Legal & Civil Liberties

Toolkit How to Stop a Data Center Near You A step-by-step organizing guide for residents contesting a local data-center proposal. Learn more → Legal Institute for Justice Public-interest litigators on eminent domain, zoning, and government-favoritism abuses. Learn more → Research EPIC Policy research and advocacy on AI, data, and the systems these facilities power. Learn more → Research Brennan Center for Justice Rigorous policy research on government, transparency, and public accountability. Learn more →

Know the Hardware

Vendor What a Data Center Is (the Vendor's Pitch) Straight from a hyperscaler: how the industry describes what it wants to build near you. Learn more →

The National Reference Library

Archive The National Record Index The largest public archive of Flock & ALPR surveillance news — searchable, filterable, cited. Learn more → Data Local Surveillance Reports A camera report for every state, county, and city in America — including yours. Learn more → Video The Video Library Data-center videos, categorized, playable on-site with our commentary. Learn more → Embed The Embeddable Wire Put a live local surveillance-news feed on your own site — one line of code, free. Learn more →

Know a tool we're missing? Tell us — this list grows with the movement.