Andrew LokenauthMay 26

The only thing growing faster than AI right now is how much regular people absolutely hate it.

I've never seen public opinion turn this quickly.

48 data center projects worth $156 billion got blocked last year and 20 were canceled in the first quarter of this year.

Tech executives are getting booed during college graduation speeches. Someone threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home.

Show threadAndrew LokenauthMay 26

In Missouri, voters ousted 4 city council members. The reason? They'd approved a $6 billion data center one week earlier.

360,000 Americans have joined Facebook groups fighting data center expansion.

Energy bills are rising because data centers drain power grids. Wells are running dry near server farms. People fear losing their jobs. The revolt is here.

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@FluentInFinance if the irony of this sentence does not, in the next decade, is heard by a majority, then all hope is lost:
360,000 Americans have joined Facebook groups fighting data center expansion.
May 27 at 2:54amWeb