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[–] Triumph@fedia.io 18 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I'm going to go out on a limb here: Nobody is building data centers near wealthy neighborhoods.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 12 points 1 hour ago

Which is why the comparison is based on rate ...

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 17 minutes ago

I find this hard to believe. wealthy neighborhoods near me don't even want warehouses or dense housing.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 4 points 52 minutes ago (1 children)

Recently proposed data centers that faced pushback were canceled or suspended at more than five times the rate of data centers that didn’t (28.2% vs. 5.2%).

i.e. the data already takes into account that those data centres are more likely to be built in poorer neighbourhoods.


My hypotheses:

  1. The rich tolerate data centres more because they get more value out of them.
  2. "AGI soon!" misinformation hits both sides different ways: for one it means "we're making you richer", for another it's "we're making you obsolete filth".

No idea if either/both/none is true.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 1 points 4 minutes ago

Great, they should build them in those neighborhoods.

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Not to be a wet blanket, but might that be because data centers are being built in working class neighborhoods at a higher rate than wealthy ones?

[–] sudo@lemmy.today 5 points 1 hour ago

Maybe try reading the article before useless speculation on a topic that is clearly outlined in the data provided?