Anonymous wrote:This AI gold rush is bad news all around. One day, we'll look back and wonder why we let these AI data centers get built everywhere with seemingly zero regulation -- allowing them to kill off jobs, destroy people's health, and destroy natural resources, all so that some tech bros could get rich.

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American voters also don't like taxes.

But Americans understand that taxes pay for things they do like -- such as police, parks, roads, and schools -- and that taxes are necessary to a functioning society. Taxes are also explicitly authorized by the Constitution. So whatever parallel you're trying to draw between data centers and taxes doesn't really work.

Also, the idea that every policy that's hated by the American people is nonetheless worth pursuing is bizarre.

Do Americans like the Internet?

You know how much i paid to access the internet in 1996? About $19.99. AOL would send these disks to us and that was the charge.

How much did I pay last month? Between home wifi and data plan for my phone, around $150.

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American voters also don't like taxes.

But Americans understand that taxes pay for things they do like -- such as police, parks, roads, and schools -- and that taxes are necessary to a functioning society. Taxes are also explicitly authorized by the Constitution. So whatever parallel you're trying to draw between data centers and taxes doesn't really work.

Also, the idea that every policy that's hated by the American people is nonetheless worth pursuing is bizarre.

Do Americans like the Internet?

DP. Sure they do. But also many of them, if they were charged use fees for AI instead of the costs being transferred or obfuscated by the current system, would choose the less-AI option.

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American voters also don't like taxes.

But Americans understand that taxes pay for things they do like -- such as police, parks, roads, and schools -- and that taxes are necessary to a functioning society. Taxes are also explicitly authorized by the Constitution. So whatever parallel you're trying to draw between data centers and taxes doesn't really work.

Also, the idea that every policy that's hated by the American people is nonetheless worth pursuing is bizarre.

Do Americans like the Internet?

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Anonymous wrote:Micro nuclear reactors are the future in powering data centers.

Show me one that is currently operating in the US and providing power??? You are seriously suggesting to have a micro nuclear reactor for each data center?

Keep up and educate yourself before posting inane nonsense.

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American voters also don't like taxes.

But Americans understand that taxes pay for things they do like -- such as police, parks, roads, and schools -- and that taxes are necessary to a functioning society. Taxes are also explicitly authorized by the Constitution. So whatever parallel you're trying to draw between data centers and taxes doesn't really work.

Also, the idea that every policy that's hated by the American people is nonetheless worth pursuing is bizarre.

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American voters also don't like taxes.

This AI gold rush is bad news all around. One day, we'll look back and wonder why we let these AI data centers get built everywhere with seemingly zero regulation -- allowing them to kill off jobs, destroy people's health, and destroy natural resources, all so that some tech bros could get rich.

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Oh please!

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Anonymous wrote:Micro nuclear reactors are the future in powering data centers.

Show me one that is currently operating in the US and providing power??? You are seriously suggesting to have a micro nuclear reactor for each data center?

Are you suggesting that we can't add capacity to the grid?

It is neither desirable nor beneficial for NOVEC to increase grid capacity by 5x over the next 15 years. The capital outlays to expand the grid will be passed onto all ratepayers including residential electricity consumers. They will need to construct hundreds to thousands of miles of new high voltage power lines that will require eminent domain along with destruction of many peoples homes and businesses. Dominion energy is already planning on building a high voltage power line to connect to a coal power plant (in WV) due to data center electricity demand in Loudon. This argument that they will completely rely on nuclear is BS. Dominion energy is already using more coal powered electricity and pausing plans to decommission coal power plants.

Anonymous wrote:What are the drawbacks to having a data center in your town?

Air pollution, noise pollution, high voltage power lines crossing over the entire city everywhere, heavy industrial traffic during the construction period, increasing impervious surfaces which creates water quality issues.

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Anonymous wrote:Micro nuclear reactors are the future in powering data centers.

Show me one that is currently operating in the US and providing power??? You are seriously suggesting to have a micro nuclear reactor for each data center?

https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/next-gen-data-centers/welcome-to-the-era-of-the-nuclear-powered-data-center

Not a Single one is operating yet. This is a data center propaganda website

What are the drawbacks to having a data center in your town?