it is a case of socialize the losses, privatize the gains.
regarding tax payers, the biggest sins of new data centers seem to be:
* driving power bills parabolic due to no mandated investment in power generation or delivery grid
* consuming water from the city system far beyond normal usage; water bills go up for normal people
* pollution; xAI in memphis illegally uses gas turbines with no pollution controls; air is very dirty around their data center; data centers apparently are noisy in places
legislation is needed to force costs currently being borne by normal people back on to the data centers reaping all of the profit.
regarding tax payers, the biggest sins of new data centers seem to be: * driving power bills parabolic due to no mandated investment in power generation or delivery grid * consuming water from the city system far beyond normal usage; water bills go up for normal people * pollution; xAI in memphis illegally uses gas turbines with no pollution controls; air is very dirty around their data center; data centers apparently are noisy in places
legislation is needed to force costs currently being borne by normal people back on to the data centers reaping all of the profit.