This is not a left versus right issue. Maybe more of a NIMBY thing. Co-locating natural gas power plants along with the servers near residential neighborhoods has not helped. The stories of electricity rates rising because of data center demand also has not helped.
People are understandably concerned by changes that promise private profits and public risks.
The groundswell of opposition and anger amongst ordinary people runs more broadly than many in the tech industry understand.
I don't know how solid her arguments are. But this is the sort of content that is helping inform the opposition that is brewing across America and abroad.
People are understandably concerned by changes that promise private profits and public risks.
The groundswell of opposition and anger amongst ordinary people runs more broadly than many in the tech industry understand.
Here is famed activist Erin Brockovich railing against data centers: https://youtu.be/XpQo1yQCP34
I don't know how solid her arguments are. But this is the sort of content that is helping inform the opposition that is brewing across America and abroad.