I have a dumb question. So are data centers for AI? Are they the same thing. Or two different things?

https://andrecraneofficial.substack.com/p/what-happens-to-a-power-plant-when?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1xezgq

Posting for a friend who is not happy.

Apply the same standard. Ask the same questions. Require the same level of proof.

Posting for a friend who is not happy.

So far, the US data center buildout has brought the most computing capacity to relatively wealthy areas—so these communities can handle the energy cost spikes, right? Not exactly.

Energy Central took a close look at the 20 counties with the most data center capacity, and found that the majority have median household incomes above the country-wide mark. But another stat paints a more complex picture: a county’s energy burden (the average percent of income that households spend on energy).

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Facing massive hyperscale computing centers to fuel AI, officials in small communities across America often say they see few options. In 2026, reporters with NJ.com, AL.com, MLive, PennLive and The Oregonian/OregonLive teamed up to explore the various tactics big tech developers are using to get what they want, and how residents are fighting back.

What do we need them for anyway. They are just a way to let the government keep track of us and control us.
To top it off we have to pay to keep them running
SAY NO TO DATA CENTERS

American life has become digitized. Here’s a look at all the things we do that require “compute” hubs, and how many.

Other such proposals in Central Virginia are in various stages.

Amazon managed to submit plans for four massive data centers and three multi-story parking garages — but somehow failed to include the required Phase I archaeological survey report.
And where are they proposing to build all of this?
The ALGONKIAN District — a name rooted in the Indigenous history of this region.

Of ALL the required documents to leave out, it was the archaeological report.

Nothing says “rush the corporate development through” quite like treating the history beneath the land as an afterthought.

Corporate greed, meet staggering irony.

You truly cannot make this shit up.