Post B8pfO2dMDABmUYdmyG by AnthemAK@noauthority.social
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 (DIR) Post #B8pfO2dMDABmUYdmyG by AnthemAK@noauthority.social
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       Is it just me or were all these people just fine with data centers until about a year ago?What changed?
       
 (DIR) Post #B8pfO2q7RiOh88byrY by spencer@noauthority.social
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       @AnthemAK foreign influence campaign to get our own people to lobby/protest against literally the biggest source of potential domestic economic growth for the foreseeable decade.Seriously, we build no factories, we make no goods...almost 75% of our GDP is in services (real estate, finance, entertainment, etc) only like 15% is physical goods. Data centers are like, the only thing being built here so opposing them will grind our economy further to a halt.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8pg2qlfEY7DYxz9Ae by spencer@noauthority.social
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       @dictatordave @AnthemAK yeah you could be right 🤷‍♂️ I think a rural setting for them is not really bright. There are plenty of nightmare industrial blight zones in cities that they could be jammed into that wouldn't rock anyone's boat. The nice rural countryside should definitely remain peaceful and rural.Rural governments in those cases likely looking for kickbacks against the will of their constituents.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8phfKtXloAvxVaPOS by spencer@noauthority.social
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       @dictatordave @AnthemAK what about a data center is any different than other industrial builds?all I've seen cited is generators and HVAC...literally every big industrial build has similar noise.I really don't have a dog in the fight one way or another but it does represent a significant portion of new construction, creeping toward $50 billion annualized spending earlier this year and it's almost half of all new private office construction https://www.statista.com/topics/13572/data-center-construction-in-the-united-states/
       
 (DIR) Post #B8phpPJKCtZGYARoDA by SmidgePierce@nicecrew.digital
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       What the fuck do data centers do for the economy?
       
 (DIR) Post #B8phpPVNU5D19Y5Qzw by spencer@noauthority.social
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       @SmidgePierce @AnthemAK they get built (construction), they generate compute (AI services). that's a big chunk of the current economy, fake and gay as it is 🤷‍♂️