Submission statement: data centers are now occupying a unique place in American politics as the backlash is proving to be bipartisan. Formerly tech-friendly politicians are feeling pressure to distance themselves from data centers. Is this populist backlash, or driven by justified concerns? Regardless of which, it is extremely clear that the tech industry has inadvertently found itself in a PR fiasco, as the backlash will likely make data center construction even more expensive than it already is.
Posted by cdstephens
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Driven by internet memes. The key question is, are those memes entirely natural or contrived?
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With inflation as salient an issue as it is, data centers are politically dead in the water until they can fix these numbers