Comment by user43928
1 month ago
> 1) drive up energy costs, 2) use a lot of water I guess, and 3) can make noise
I don't think the opposition to data center projects can be explained with actual impact, which so far seems entirely negligible, and lower than heavy industry.
I had the impression it's more driven by general mistrust in public officials and the tech industry.
This is the impression I get as well. Plus, people concerned that property values will be negatively affected, that their taxes may go up to subsidize the data center, etc
And of course that the end result is that the smarmiest folks on earth get to make the ‘my life becomes worse’ machine
I wouldn’t call the electricity use negligible, some of the newer data centers are looking at the same energy usage as small countries and run off fossil fuel
What I called negligible was a supposed increase of electricity prices for consumers.