“Damn, I wonder why people oppose everything AI-related.”
ddddddoa on
The only datacenter concern that is not founded in myths and NIMBYism is higher electricity prices. Are there any proposals anywhere to tie these datacenter projects to new electricity capacity? Or are any companies proposing to bring their own electricity capacity (i.e. build it alongside t he data center)? Maybe finding a way to reduce the impact on local prices would help ease public concern.
I remember reading that Alphabet had signed a contract for nuclear energy facilities to power up their data centers but that it would be a decade or two before it would be ready. This would be awesome to see.
farfetchds_leek on
Great strawman, too bad it’s made of straw.
ImTechnoThePig on
I read a great piece by the Economist about how both politicians and data center builders are exaggerating their opposition/how much they’re building respectively, so somewhat cancelling each other out. Thankfully federalism means there are still some friendly jurisdictions, but it is quite unfortunate the default position now seems to be competing who can oppose it harder. In reality voters are probably less opposed than polls suggest, especially if they’re given proper compensation and issues with utilities and noise are addressed.
Are we pretending AI data centers are exactly the same as other data centers?
mattyjoe0706 on
John Cornyn is now becoming data center skeptical. We might be cooked. It’s clear the complaints for local communities to the point not even Republicans who are usually less regulation kinda feels like we’re fucked.
id argue with you but whats the point yall are already losing this battle worse than goldwater lmao
mattyjoe0706 on
How did y’all feel about the Josh Shapiro regulations? I thought they were mostly fine as they were regulations not moratorium. Most of the regulations seemed fine too. Only one I’m iffy on was cancelling fast tracked data center permits already approved
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“Damn, I wonder why people oppose everything AI-related.”
The only datacenter concern that is not founded in myths and NIMBYism is higher electricity prices. Are there any proposals anywhere to tie these datacenter projects to new electricity capacity? Or are any companies proposing to bring their own electricity capacity (i.e. build it alongside t he data center)? Maybe finding a way to reduce the impact on local prices would help ease public concern.
I remember reading that Alphabet had signed a contract for nuclear energy facilities to power up their data centers but that it would be a decade or two before it would be ready. This would be awesome to see.
Great strawman, too bad it’s made of straw.
I read a great piece by the Economist about how both politicians and data center builders are exaggerating their opposition/how much they’re building respectively, so somewhat cancelling each other out. Thankfully federalism means there are still some friendly jurisdictions, but it is quite unfortunate the default position now seems to be competing who can oppose it harder. In reality voters are probably less opposed than polls suggest, especially if they’re given proper compensation and issues with utilities and noise are addressed.
https://preview.redd.it/jtkv2kacfkkh1.png?width=367&format=png&auto=webp&s=cc653a297464975efaa06dddf80090f88d26e1ba
Are we pretending AI data centers are exactly the same as other data centers?
John Cornyn is now becoming data center skeptical. We might be cooked. It’s clear the complaints for local communities to the point not even Republicans who are usually less regulation kinda feels like we’re fucked.
https://preview.redd.it/2r6tnwsofkkh1.png?width=860&format=png&auto=webp&s=0317cd82f8003d258ca3aa53a150f7fd4b581e56
id argue with you but whats the point yall are already losing this battle worse than goldwater lmao
How did y’all feel about the Josh Shapiro regulations? I thought they were mostly fine as they were regulations not moratorium. Most of the regulations seemed fine too. Only one I’m iffy on was cancelling fast tracked data center permits already approved