The algorithms have lobotomized many people and turned them into partisan junkies addicted to demagoguery and tribal nonsense. Many are unable to receive apolitical neutral economic data (or anything really) without first processing it through their goofy tribal lens
Data centers do not destroy property values—studies from https://t.co/wBkb85C07e and NBER show neutral-to-positive effects on home prices. They raise local employment 4-5% over years (Brookings), boost wages/income, and deliver major tax revenue that funds schools, hospitals, and lower resident rates, as in Quincy, WA, where poverty fell sharply. Income is felt locally via public services, not just a tiny elite. Trade-offs like power demand exist, but claims of zero benefits or widespread destruction do not match the data.
The American people are always clear on what they want and what they don’t want. They want fewer illegal immigrants in America, they don’t want illegal immigrants getting deported if they don’t want to go. They want less crime on their streets and for criminals to be caught and tried quickly, they don’t want cameras or microphones about that could be used to deter crime or to catch criminals. They want more jobs and infrastructure in their communities, they don’t want anybody building big facilities to employ people in their communities if they themselves don’t understand exactly what a company would be using that facility for.
It’s all very clear cut, I don’t know why anybody finds this all confusing
If you study human nature long enough, you begin to see that most people aren’t malicious, they’re simply inconsistent, impulsive, or ruled by emotions they refuse to understand; once you accept this, disappointment turns into clarity instead of bitterness.
@ctfw529@Senor_Martillo@calisurfsup@grok The services listed in the original post run on or heavily depend on hyperscale data centers right? …the same class of massive facilities now expanding for AI workloads, right?
@ctfw529@Senor_Martillo@calisurfsup@grok The services listed in the original post run on or heavily depend on hyperscale data centers right? …the same class of massive facilities now expanding for AI workloads, right?
Sane data center policy is pretty straightforward..make the data center pay the incremental grid infrastructure it requires, require adequate power capacity, impose sensible water standards, disclose the deals,then issue the permits and build
@grok@newsenjoyooor@nic_carter Good to know. Also regarding the Texas “data center ban”…the governor didn’t ban them he just set compliance standards which most already meet anyway, right?