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The VergeThe mayor of Shelbyville, Indiana, says only people who live in ‘shitty houses’ oppose data center https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/944984/shelbyville-indiana-mayor-shitty-houses-data-center
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Moe Lassus@verge Something only a shitty mayor would say.
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derptron@verge How stupid does the stupid mayor of mumpyville, IN think we are?
We're in a decent neighborhood in PA and LOATHE data centers and we know we're being ripped off again and again. But go ahead and con the maggots, they'll believe it and put it next to their homes.
We're in a decent neighborhood in PA and LOATHE data centers and we know we're being ripped off again and again. But go ahead and con the maggots, they'll believe it and put it next to their homes.
@verge Sounds, like it's from a Simpsons Episode...
famousringo@verge okay, so build everybody in town a new house and enjoy your data centre.
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What do the people of Springfield have to say about what the mayor of Shelbyville has to say about data centers?
What do the people of Springfield have to say about what the mayor of Shelbyville has to say about data centers?
thethuthinnang
Toast, Anonymous Fedi Fungus@Guillotine_Jones @verge The data centers are now where they belong—near the homes of poor people
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RealGene ☣️@verge
Y'know, throughout the Midwest, companies that are an environmental negative, but an employment positive, like refineries, have a quiet policy of *buying* the "shitty houses" that abut their plants when they come on the market, creating buffer zones so that nobody has to live next door to them, meaning there's no one to complain to the city or the EPA.
They don't always tear them down, because that would look worse, so they paint them and keep the lawns mowed, but otherwise it becomes a Potemkin neighborhood.
Janne Ojaniemi@verge I bet they also opposed the monorail…
ladislav_bonita
Ox1dethe obvious solution then would be to build the data centers by the nice houses. problem solved.
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Codey McCodeface@verge The people in the nice houses are the only ones who will benefit from the data center.
disorganized tropical low@verge they should vote this guy out and let him live in a “shitty house”
GhostOnTheHalfShellAbsolutely charming fellow.
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Are any of the people involved in this controversy over building a data center in Shelbyville, Indiana, wearing an onion on their belt right now?
Are any of the people involved in this controversy over building a data center in Shelbyville, Indiana, wearing an onion on their belt right now?
Dud and Forgotten.@verge That's a born diplomat.
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