@lsferguson Because they are coming in full force all over the country….. I have one proposed less than a mile away from me and just found out about it a week ago. We don’t want them by our families/homes/livestock!!!!
@ChatByCC noise, air, light pollution, health affects, flooding from them changing a huge area of land. If data centers are so great. Why are they wrapped in NDA’s and secrecy???? I guess everyone should be begging to have them come right next to their house, except I don’t see that
@Onmyrail1 😂…. Because destroying our land, and water supply is a little different. No one will care if we “won” the AI race if we run out of water and land for food; if we get sick from the pollution. Go to a town with a data center. Listen to the people there.
I HAVE A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION
.@realdonaldtrump "What, specifically, are these HYPERSCALE data centers going to be used for?"
We keep hearing that America must build them immediately to “win the AI race” against China. Fine. Then spell out the use case.
What applications require this extraordinary buildout? National defense? Intelligence? Autonomous weapons? Financial markets? Government surveillance? Digital identity? Robotics? Medical research? Consumer AI? All of the above?
Because “AI is the future” is not an adequate answer when communities are being asked to absorb massive power demand, water consumption, new transmission infrastructure, diesel backup generation, persistent low frequency noise, utility costs, and potentially the taking of private property through eminent domain to support the electrical infrastructure these facilities require.
And there is another question that deserves an answer: What exactly are we racing China to build?
If the argument is that China will dominate America unless we blanket the country with hyperscale computing infrastructure, then the American public deserves to see the underlying numbers, objectives and national strategy.
How much compute capacity does the United States actually need?
For what purposes?
By what date?
Where should it logically be located?
Who pays for the generation and transmission infrastructure?
Who receives the economic benefit?
Who bears the environmental and community costs?
And what protections prevent this enormous computing capacity from eventually being used for mass surveillance, social scoring, autonomous decision making or government control over Americans?
We have all seen the science fiction warnings, including Terminator. Obviously, that is fiction. But the underlying question is legitimate: before constructing unprecedented amounts of centralized computational power, shouldn't Americans know what we intend to do with it?
This does not mean America should abandon AI or stop building data centers.
It means “China” cannot become a magic word that eliminates scrutiny.
Build what America genuinely needs. Put it where the power, water and infrastructure can support it. Protect private property. Protect ratepayers. Protect communities. Demand state of the art environmental standards.
But first, tell us the mission.
What is the actual national use plan that makes this buildout so urgent?
Because asking Americans to surrender land, infrastructure capacity, water, cheap electricity and quality of life based upon nothing more specific than “trust us, AI is the future” is precisely why the public is pushing back.
@KatCourier@ElectionWiz Nah…. I’m listening to those who have data centers that’s are built right next to their homes. How they’ve been negatively impacted. No one will give a shit if we win the AI race if we run out of water, don’t have enough food, or are water supply is poisoned.