Theo Von and environmental activist Erin Brockovich express support for the growing backlash against data centers

Von: “It doesn't feel like we need this much expansion ... people do not want it.”

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From a July 18, 2026, edition of This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, accessed from YouTube

  THEO VON (HOST): I get it. But it's like we're already looking up a lot of stuff, right? We're already searching things and we're not needing these in — and I know we already have some big data centers — but it doesn't feel like we need this much expansion. And the fact that people do not want it, right? Yes, we use it, but the second they turn it off, I don't think anybody's gonna give a shit.

ERIN BROCKOVICH (GUEST): No, but they're gonna give a shit if they have no water and their power goes on and off and they have no jobs because of it and all the wildlife is gone and they can't hunt and they can't fish and they can't eat. We're fucked. It's a road to nowhere.

THEO VON (HOST): But here's what I'm saying is how crazy is it going to be when when one of us is searching like why don't I have any water and we're doing it on an AI? Like, on a you know what I'm saying? That's going to be hilarious.