TIME100 AI 2026 · Shapers

Erin Brockovich

Founder, Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting

An environmental advocate for more than 30 years, Erin Brockovich now runs a map where communities report issues with AI data centers.

Born
1960-06-22, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Now
President, Brockovich Research and Consulting
Studied
Wade College

Interesting facts

  • Before AI

    As a legal clerk with no law degree, she built the Hinkley case against PG&E over chromium-6 in drinking water, settled in 1996 for $333 million.

    en.wikipedia.org
  • Numbers

    That PG&E settlement was the largest ever paid in a US direct-action lawsuit at the time.

    en.wikipedia.org
  • In their words

    Her name became an Oscar-winning movie and then a verb, meaning to investigate and keep fighting for a cause.

    thebrockovichreport.com
  • Numbers

    Her crowd-sourced AI data center map has logged over 9,700 community-reported locations across the US.

    brockovichdatacenter.com
  • Connection

    The data center map reuses the crowd-reporting model of her earlier Community Healthbook for water contamination.

    brockovich.com
  • In their words

    Says the number one concern residents report about data centers is lack of transparency.

    chron.com

Career

  • Brockovich Research and ConsultingPresident
  • Weitz & LuxenbergConsultant2008–2016
  • Masry & VititoeLegal clerk and environmental researcher1991–2009

Education

  • AAA, Wade College

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