I don’t really get what all of these are even for.
this post was submitted on 09 May 2026
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Just imagine, back in the days, mines and factories brought noise and pollution, toxic air etc... but also plenty of (poorly paid) jobs that could nonetheless sustain a whole community. Data centres, the way the Tech fascists are designing them, bring the same noise, pollution, toxic air etc ... while providing pretty much no jobs to the community and are probably also built with max tax evasion.
So there is nothing to gain from the communities, just downsides, no upsides. What a surprise that the only way to secure those plans is via corruption.
So basically, datacenters are big-box stores on steroids in terms of being a net loss for the communities they set up shop in.
They are much worse indeed. Much stronger pollution, noise and almost zero jobs for the local population (big box stores at least offer some poorly paid jobs and pay some local tax). Tells you pretty much when even big jox stores are that much better.
About that, big-box stores end up costing municipalities they set up shop in property taxes vs. local shops in traditional downtowns.
On top of driving out local competition to become the only game in town, and completely screw that town over when they eventually leave, they also cost the city in taxes.
That was my point. AI data centers are even worse than that.
Zuck lobbied the US for age verification laws, won't Altman just lobby them for this, too?
Yes, ban them all to hell, save us from the ramapocalypse!
"AI data center"? Do we actually know it's a dedicated data center for AI?
You and I are typing a message on a server that's hosted in a data center.
I was wondering the same thing. Looks like the source info is about data center bans in general, and the author takes it upon themselves to make the connection to AI.
Are you pro "AI" while its used as a weapon?
Yeah, it has to do with scale. That’s the difference. The scale is just bonkers.
Funny way to spell Nazi camps