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35 of 35 (!!) ballot measures on data centres in US midterms vote to restrict data centre development
28 of 35 feature over 70% voting to crack down on data centres
ballotpedia.org/Data_center-re…
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Serpent7776
in reply to Ketan Joshi • • •Kevin Russell
in reply to Serpent7776 • • •No.
Serpent7776
in reply to Kevin Russell • • •Cognitive Dissidence
in reply to Serpent7776 • • •@Serpent7776 @kevinrns
Off the top of my head, wealthy countries don't want them and impoverished countries don't have the infrastructure to support them.
Serpent7776
in reply to Cognitive Dissidence • • •> wealthy countries don't want them
why not, why did this suddenly change?
Kevin Russell
in reply to Serpent7776 • • •@Serpent7776 @Jonstewartmill
People don't want data centers at all.
People do not want them. Don't want the corporate collection of data, don't want the data saved, or stolen UP, or surveillance, the waste of billions of gallons of water, dont want the waste of terawatts of power, dont want climate destroying new carbon burners built, don't want vast tracts of land destroyed for the massive buildings, don't want the awful noise.
There are more reasons but my fingers, ow.
#ai
Serpent7776
in reply to Kevin Russell • • •Cognitive Dissidence
in reply to Serpent7776 • • •@Serpent7776 @kevinrns
On the off chance that you're asking the question in good faith, the data centers being planned are not to store uploaded photos and documents, they're for generative AI.