What exactly is the risk that the local community is taking on here? There are no toxic chemicals in a DC. It doesn't make any noise and is very unlikely to catch on fire (it would ruin all those fancy GPUs). It uses some power from a national grid that the local community has very little part in. It uses some water but probably less than the farm it replaced. Essentially, it's an inert concrete and rebar box that minds its own business and pays taxes (incl. local ones).
I'm not a big AI fan. I think it's a giant bubble that's going to collapse some day leading to some ugly financial consequences. But I still don't get all the fuss around data centers.
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What exactly is the risk that the local community is taking on here? There are no toxic chemicals in a DC. It doesn't make any noise and is very unlikely to catch on fire (it would ruin all those fancy GPUs). It uses some power from a national grid that the local community has very little part in. It uses some water but probably less than the farm it replaced. Essentially, it's an inert concrete and rebar box that minds its own business and pays taxes (incl. local ones).
I'm not a big AI fan. I think it's a giant bubble that's going to collapse some day leading to some ugly financial consequences. But I still don't get all the fuss around data centers.
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