1) Boycott the products and share the idea with others.
2) Show up to town meetings BEFORE these data centers come.
3) Organize! This is the most important. Yes, voting does not matter, but being a loud constituency does.
Boycott what products? I can't boycott my electricity. There is only one provider.
Re #2) I am a tahoe resident and these data centers aren't in my towns. They are far away. I'm not blaming the data centers for these problems, I just disagree with OP that "Tahoe residents kicked the can down the road". Many of us just go to work, take care of our families, and pay our electric bill. Just not sure how this is our fault.
Your power provider is far away from your towns as well. Your officials had agreements for power that were extended multiple times. No one in Tahoe did anything because any of the REAL solutions were "too expensive."
If you want to blame anyone blame yourselves, and the elected officials in charge of Tahoe. You collectively had decades to fix the problem, but you collectively didn't. Now, you have to pay the piper. Sorry but that's the blunt fact.
Don't try to absolve yourself of responsibility when it is your responsibility to know what is going on around you and it's your responsibility to elect officials to make sure they have your best interests at heart. And if they don't and no one steps up, then it's up to you to step up. Otherwise, move, or bear the consequences. You, unfortunately, have to the bear the consequences because nothing when done when there was plenty of time to get something done.
Re #2) I am a tahoe resident and these data centers aren't in my towns. They are far away. I'm not blaming the data centers for these problems, I just disagree with OP that "Tahoe residents kicked the can down the road". Many of us just go to work, take care of our families, and pay our electric bill. Just not sure how this is our fault.