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Fury Mounts over a Global A.I. Frenzy

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/technology/ai-data-center-backlash-mexico-ireland.html
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firehose•12m ago
Why we need fusion?
moneycantbuy•5m ago
Megacorps are driving up energy prices for everyone, locals seem powerless to stop these environmentally destructive data centers from draining the water table. All so the magnificent 7 can attempt to capture any remaining attention we have left.
strict9•2m ago
In the past large developments would win over local government support with promises of jobs and investment in the local economy.

Now the only promises are a strained grid, higher energy bills and loud noise. It doesn't help that AI has been falsely attributed as the reason to lay people off in the past few years by CEOs who are actually just cutting costs or moving jobs offshore.

This situation probably gets worse before it gets better for the companies deploying new data centers.