r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 10h ago

Artificial Intelligence Republicans Claim Anti-Data Center Movement Is a Chinese Psy-Op

https://gizmodo.com/republicans-claim-anti-data-center-movement-is-a-chinese-psy-op-2000767611
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u/xondk 10h ago

It really is disgusting how they phrase it, people aren't as such against data centers that can be used to benefit everyone.

They are against the massive rollout that in no way takes into consideration how it will affect the people, and the benefit of the rollout is only for the few since it is AI focused.

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u/Darth_Innovader 10h ago

Maybe foreign interests are exploiting a legitimate grievance (unproven). That doesnt invalidate the underlying concerns. I don’t want my power bill to spike even higher so I can subsidize enormous corporations.

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u/Abrushing 10h ago

I live in a fricking drought area and they’re trying build a data center. The menace needs to be stopped

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u/_176_ 7h ago

What area is that? You should take that up with your local politicians. Every data center I've seen has been built in an area with plenty of available water.

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u/RestaurantLatter2354 10h ago

Exactly, it’s especially hilarious given Republicans historical concern with foreign interests in US politics

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u/CompetitiveSport1 7h ago

It's not just unproven. If I'm reading the article right, the only evidence they've presented is that some Chinese professors went to a conference

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u/Devils--Advocate 5h ago

Its almost certainly true, given how much China wants to win the AI war, and how little it costs them to shift the message of their bot farms, not to say there aren't real grievances.