The goal is simple: provide clear, accessible, and practical information for the public, schools, and municipalities.
Plain-language explanations for people trying to understand data center projects, energy use, water use, AI infrastructure, and community impact.
Educational content for students, teachers, and administrators, including resources about data centers, the internet, AI, and responsible technology use.
Practical guidance for councils, planning boards, and local governments reviewing data center projects, zoning questions, water use, power, and community concerns.
DC Myths is intended to be a free educational resource. Most of the information on this site is provided at no cost so residents, schools, local officials, and community groups can better understand how data centers work and how they affect local communities.
Some downloadable templates, such as municipal ordinance templates, zoning templates, school policy templates, and advanced review packets, may be offered as paid resources. These paid templates help support the cost of maintaining the site while keeping the core educational content free.
Government agencies, national laboratories, standards bodies, universities, regulators, and reviewable public records are preferred over unsupported marketing claims.
Data centers differ by location, workload, cooling design, utility system, and project phase. Pages should explain the conditions that change the answer.
DC Myths explains concepts and review questions. Project-specific engineering, legal, environmental, utility, and regulatory decisions belong with qualified professionals.
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