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Fury Mounts over a Global A.I. Frenzy

by moneycantbuy on 10/20/25, 3:17 PM with 18 comments

  • by strict9 on 10/20/25, 5:50 PM

    In the past large developments would win over local government support with promises of jobs and investment in the local economy.

    Now the only promises are a strained grid, higher energy bills and loud noise. It doesn't help that AI has been falsely attributed as the reason to lay people off in the past few years by CEOs who are actually just cutting costs or moving jobs offshore.

    This situation probably gets worse before it gets better for the companies deploying new data centers.

  • by tim333 on 10/20/25, 11:22 PM

    There does seem a bit of a misallocation of capital. It would be different if people really wanted most of the AI stuff.

  • by moneycantbuy on 10/20/25, 5:48 PM

    Megacorps are driving up energy prices for everyone, locals seem powerless to stop these environmentally destructive data centers from draining the water table. All so the magnificent 7 can attempt to capture any remaining attention we have left.

  • by moneycantbuy on 10/20/25, 9:50 PM

  • by semiquaver on 10/20/25, 6:17 PM

    Why can’t the water for cooling these be a closed-loop system?

  • by firehose on 10/20/25, 5:41 PM

    Why we need fusion?