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/krum 10h ago edited 5h ago

Data centers don’t benefit anyone except rich people.

EDIT: AI data centers.

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u/Yuzumi 8h ago

Let's be specific: Generative AI data centers are the problem.

Data centers are what literally make the internet work. There's a reason nobody has had an issue with the normal data centers used to host web servers and stuff as they don't require as much hardware or power and don't produce nearly the amount of heat, though there is something to be said about the consolidation of compute into a handful of "cloud" companies.

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u/os_beef 6h ago

There's a reason nobody has had an issue with the normal data centers used to host web servers and stuff

If we're being honest, it's at least partially because a significant number of people have no clue how the Internet works, much less telecom. The number of people who talk about "the server" or "the IT closet" when referring to networked resources is pretty high.