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'America hates data centers,' new database reveals more than 90% of 10,000 public comments are negative
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this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2026
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I really don't think so at this point. Banks don't want to invest. Hardware is being gate kept or simply isn't available. It's like going to track day and burning up your tires. You then have spam altman crying about ram because he's been told about the logistics. Then don't be surprised when microslop will use your computer passively--it will likely happen. Then the funniest part is there's not enough c-sec people. I don't even want to pursue a career in it and the line has shrunk.
Agree with all your points but none of those reasons are we supposedly live in a democracy and the vast majority of us don't want these data centres.
Solid response. Most people know what they're really being used for now. Like I don't think I want drones flying around scanning plates or otherwise. I don't want to share the water or power bills with this crap.
We need a Free Software cooperative peer-to-peer thing to do that first.
I have a feeling it's already being done.