{
  "slug": "2026-06-16-coachella-data-center-moratorium",
  "type": "finding",
  "question_id": "Q003",
  "question": "Coachella just voted to halt the Stronghold data center project and ban new ones for 45 days. Right call, or overreach?",
  "title": "Coachella's data center moratorium: 73% called it the right move",
  "description": "Week 03 AIQnA finding. After Coachella voted to halt the Stronghold data center project and ban new ones for 45 days, 847 Valley residents weighed in — 73% backed the council, with water the dominant concern.",
  "date": "2026-06-16",
  "status": "sample",
  "cadence": "weekly",
  "language": "en",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "total_responses": 847,
  "results": [
    {
      "label": "Right call",
      "pct": 73,
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "label": "Overreach",
      "pct": 18,
      "accent": true
    },
    {
      "label": "Mixed",
      "pct": 9,
      "accent": true
    }
  ],
  "cities": [
    {
      "name": "Coachella",
      "pct": 81
    },
    {
      "name": "Palm Springs",
      "pct": 76
    },
    {
      "name": "Indio",
      "pct": 70
    },
    {
      "name": "Palm Desert",
      "pct": 65
    },
    {
      "name": "Indian Wells",
      "pct": 52
    }
  ],
  "cloud": [
    {
      "term": "water",
      "size": "xl",
      "accent": true
    },
    {
      "term": "jobs",
      "size": "lg",
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "term": "our kids",
      "size": "xl",
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "term": "drought",
      "size": "md",
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "term": "future",
      "size": "lg",
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "term": "tax revenue",
      "size": "md",
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "term": "overreach",
      "size": "md",
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "term": "power grid",
      "size": "sm",
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "term": "not in our backyard",
      "size": "lg",
      "accent": true
    },
    {
      "term": "livelihood",
      "size": "sm",
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "term": "conservation",
      "size": "md",
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "term": "justice",
      "size": "sm",
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "term": "taxpayers",
      "size": "sm",
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "term": "community",
      "size": "md",
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "term": "accountability",
      "size": "sm",
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "term": "stronghold",
      "size": "sm",
      "accent": false
    },
    {
      "term": "Indian Wells op-ed",
      "size": "sm",
      "accent": false
    }
  ],
  "quotes": [
    {
      "text": "The water issue is real. We've been told to conserve for years. Why give it to a server farm now?",
      "attribution": "Anonymous Coachella Valley resident · Restaurant owner · Indio · in response to Q003, 2026-06-16"
    },
    {
      "text": "Not in our backyard but okay in someone else's? That's the part that bothers me about the op-ed.",
      "attribution": "Anonymous Coachella Valley resident · Small business owner · Coachella · in response to Q003, 2026-06-16"
    }
  ],
  "canonical": "https://aicoachellavalley.com/aiqna/2026-06-16-coachella-data-center-moratorium/"
}