minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orgtoTechnology@lemmy.world•The fight against AI datacenters isn’t just about tech – it’s about democracy - Claims of nimbyism are a misunderstanding: the movement is about whether regular people have a say in fundamental decis…linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-222 hours agoAFAIK most water gets used in construction, and constructing city-sized facilities uses a LOT of resources. Now guess which side gets favored if there’s a resource conflict between a datacenter and the local population. linkfedilink
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orgtoTechnology@lemmy.world•The fight against AI datacenters isn’t just about tech – it’s about democracy - Claims of nimbyism are a misunderstanding: the movement is about whether regular people have a say in fundamental decis…linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 day agoIt’s not NIMBY if you don’t want new datacenters elsewhere, either. linkfedilink
AFAIK most water gets used in construction, and constructing city-sized facilities uses a LOT of resources. Now guess which side gets favored if there’s a resource conflict between a datacenter and the local population.