• apftwb@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Did they even try to present a future where communities with data centers benefit?

    Do data centers create jobs? No.

    Do they reduce the cost of living? No.

    Do they bring up property values? No.

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      Don’t they actually increase the cost of living, by putting a strain on the electricity and water networks which increases price?

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    Contractually obligate the data center to provide those supposed benefits and they will mysteriously move to another locale

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      There’s a reason Elon is putting his gas guzzlers in the places he is. Sadly city councilors are eating up the bribes too.

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    Is there any location that is happy about their data center? I haven’t read any article about a community realising the benefits yet

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      I spent a few minutes searching, but yeah, I don’t see many stories of actual places. A lot is industry white papers about “how could they be beneficial for you?!”

      CNN ran some story, but it’s pay-walled, and I don’t know how to remove those. https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/11/business/data-centers-ai-economy

      I’ve heard consistently more stories about the problems from real people living near them, plus the horror stories online like Meta sludge run-off.