Erin Brockovich
Environmental advocate and consumer advocate best known for her work on the Hinkley groundwater contamination case against PG&E.
Appeared on: The Shawn Ryan Show · This Past Weekend
Circuit updated August 7, 2026
- Erin Brockovich says AI data centers can push water bills from $40 to $800 a month
“People are definitely starting to report um these way higher utility bills cuz all the cost of the water and electricity that all these facilities need, we're going to pay for. We're paying for it. I have people saying their utility bills have gone from water bill from $40 a month to $800 a month.” 6:06
- Erin Brockovich says the AI data center boom may really be a water grab
“I'm worried there this is a water grab. You're coming in and buying all the land. Who's getting the water rights? Who owns the water?” 1:16:34
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“People are definitely starting to report um these way higher utility bills cuz all the cost of the water and electricity that all these facilities need, we're going to pay for. We're paying for it. I have people saying their utility bills have gone from water bill from $40 a month to $800 a month.”
Erin Brockovich · The Shawn Ryan Show -
“in my entire career, in 30 years, I've never seen something bipartisan this united that everybody better be pay paying attention to because I think people you are pushing people too far at this point.”
Erin Brockovich · This Past Weekend -
“And are there any regulations to look at what chemicals are or aren't in that water before we release it into the environment and down into the drains and just create another pollution issue.”
Erin Brockovich · The Shawn Ryan Show -
“So, some data centers can use up to 30 million gallons of water. So, people with their own wells are reporting that their wells are running dry.”
Erin Brockovich · The Shawn Ryan Show -
“overwhelmingly 90% are absolutely concerned that this is going to suck up all of our water, electricity, and our very valuable resources.”
Erin Brockovich · This Past Weekend -
“I'm worried there this is a water grab. You're coming in and buying all the land. Who's getting the water rights? Who owns the water?”
Erin Brockovich · This Past Weekend
Erin Brockovich says AI data centers can push water bills from $40 to $800 a month
Brockovich’s warning on The Shawn Ryan Show is specific, scary, and still missing the paperwork that would turn it from alarm bell into indictment.
Erin Brockovich says the AI data center boom may really be a water grab
On This Past Weekend, Brockovich was skeptical of the sci-fi theories, but deadly serious about the water.