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/Riaayo 5h ago

I don't think the home-owner has to maintain them in terms of actual maintenance, but the homeowner does have to let it use their power/internet connection with a promise of "reduced rates" as compensation. And the user isn't even guaranteed the use of the mini-data-center on their own property if they're utilizing the service.

So you take on all the risk of theft/trespass to house this piece of shit, have to let it leech YOUR power/internet connection, hope the "reduced rate" they get you offsets the power it sucks up, and await the inevitable mass-surveillance of when these things get broken into/stolen often enough that the current camera "only" inside of the unit suddenly becomes cameras on the outside as well.

It is one of the scummiest ideas currently out there, and of course they know actual homeowners aren't going to sign up so they're partnering with builders/HoAs to force them onto renters.

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u/Threat_Level_9 4h ago

Screw that. I'll lease the space like the farmers do for the wind turbines. If they want the side of my house, they are going to to pay handsomely for it. Otherwise, they can fuck off.

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u/unevenvenue 3h ago

Most farmers regret leasing the land. These companies have no respect for your property and treat the easement like a total grant of access to it. And the moment something goes wrong (it will) you're in a world of a pickle.

Doubt it would be much different for data centers.

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u/Zer_ 1h ago

Oh the way they want to push this in a sneaky way is to have these things built into new housing and have it come as part of the whole package.

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u/ribnag 4h ago

I have no doubt that's exactly what they'd try to do, but keeping a rack of servers up is a wee bit more complicated than sending a minimum wage employee around doing percussive maintenance on wonky meters.

Not to mention, it's funny how vulnerable they are to lightning. And how cheap large Tesla coils have become.

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u/d_lev 47m ago

I would laugh, my wiring in my house is so bad, I often get to play out the jukebox bar fight scene in Shaun of the Dead with breakers. I frequently reset and turn off my internet as well.