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I don't understand the aversion to datacenters. Just make sure that they use green energy and recycle their cooling water.
Well, to begin with. That isn't made sure and making it sure will delay the delayed projects considerably... which I am all for and is functionally similar to said moratorium. As this isn't happening we see huge data centers being illegally built with incredibly dirty emergency gas turbines designed for emergency scenarios.
The main issue is that the data centers are built with monopoly money, which enabled them to suck up all resources, pricing out the real economy from critical materials, and services (especially construction, electricity, cooling, IT infrastructure ...). This alone should make you understand why this wave of datacenters is bad, even if you don't care one bit about the environment but at least a tiny bit about the economy.
Because they often dont have a one time fill. Thats a myth. For issues or maintenance they have to be refilled. And the ai data centers cause a low frequency hum that causes neurological issues.