E RosalieJust so we’re 1000% clear: no state or local government should be giving financial incentives to build a data center. If anything, it should come with increased taxation—because wherever they go, they gobble up water and energy. They should be paying locals for the privilege of being tolerated.
seyon@erosalie well, they started on giving incentives for things that took way more water, and outputs way more pollution with animal farming, and with that, no locals seemed to care.
https://bryantresearch.co.uk/insight-items/comparing-water-footprint-ai/
So it's just one more thing to destroy the environment.