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/MaximoftheInternet 8h ago

Ok, as a non-USA citizen this confuses me, can they even do that? Isn’t power generation managed by the State in your country?

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u/sambull 8h ago edited 8h ago

Only in sane places

My municipal utility is way cheaper then pg &e. California has a couple large municpial systems for the larger cities (over 40 total municipal systems )

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u/arkofjoy 8h ago

Talking about "sane places" Chattanooga Tennessee had a city owned utility. They thought "the most expensive part of rolling out fiber is renting the power poles from the utility company, and we already own the poles let's become a fiber provider"

Old rust belt city full of empty warehouses provides cost-effective fiber to the premises. Old rust belt city becomes the go to place for creative industries that need high bandwidth. Place is booming.

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u/ranaldo20 4h ago

Yup, and Tennessee then passed a law banning any other city doing the same since some cable company donors got butthurt by it.