Data Centers

quincunx · Post1:18 AM - Sep 23#5262026-09-23T01:18+00:00

StlToday - 'Pay to play'? Donation adds new controversy to Ferguson data center vote

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/article_dce0004e-2762-47ef-af46-82451138d189.html

BarryGlick · Post2:35 AM - Sep 27#5272026-09-27T02:35+00:00

Palm Beach County, Home To Mar-a-Lago, Passes Data Center Moratorium
"Maybe Trump's neighbors know something he doesn't."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Gk0KfK6Ng&t=1s

framer · Post1:07 PM - Oct 02#5282026-10-02T13:07+00:00

From Forbes magazine:

'Billionaire Data Center Builder Insists There’s No AI Bubble' (a profile of Bob Clark)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2026/09/30/billionaire-data-center-builder-insists-theres-no-ai-bubble/

urban_dilettante · Post5:05 PM - Oct 02#5292026-10-02T17:05+00:00

i have no desire to get involved in the Bob Clark hate-o-rama, but would you expect a guy building data centers to admit there might be a bubble?

quincunx · Post11:11 PM - Oct 06#5302026-10-06T23:11+00:00

Ozarks First - Developer alleges $1M in losses over social media posts about Springfield data project

https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/developer-sues-over-false-fire-posts/

urban_dilettante · Post12:51 PM - Oct 12#5312026-10-12T12:51+00:00

https://www.gadgetreview.com/virginia-data-center-ran-diesel-generators-for-24-hours-residents-fled-their-homes

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/amid-constant-data-center-noise-sterling-residents-also-worry-about-health-impact/4091393/

can't wait for our quality of life to plummet even farther.

BarryGlick · Post10:44 PM - Oct 14#5322026-10-14T22:44+00:00

The AI Data Center Boom Is Causing a Gigantic Spike in Smog-Spewing Gas Power Plants
"These facilities could lock America into decades of continued fossil fuel dependence."

https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-data-center-boom-smog-spewing-gas-power

SB in BH · Post3:28 PM - Oct 15#5332026-10-15T15:28+00:00

Good thing Global Warming is just a Chinese hoax.
/s

BarryGlick · Post12:53 AM - Oct 17#5342026-10-17T00:53+00:00

What is AI?
The merger between corporations and countries is well on its way. To train its Machine God, it needs to strip-mine and stockpile everything that human civilisation has ever achieved. It wants to mass transfer the cumulative accomplishments, the fruit of the combined labour of millions of us, over thousands of years, including literature, art, music, mathematics, academic research – everything – into company holdings.

https://www.equator.org/articles/arundhati-roy-artificial-intelligence

SB in BH · Post6:43 PM - Oct 26#5352026-10-26T18:43+00:00

^Excellent article and thanks for sharing.

TLDR: AI is a golem made of dead labor summoned by power-tripping antisocial dorks to kill everyone who's ever doubted their supremacy.

framer · Post9:56 PM - Oct 26#5362026-10-26T21:56+00:00

AI: The Boogeyman of the 21st Century

StlAlex · Post1:03 AM - Oct 27#5372026-10-27T01:03+00:00

AI: An IPO despite being on pace for $160 billion in losses this year.

If you believe in free market capitalism even slightly you should oppose what we are witnessing with AI from a purely economic standpoint.

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urban_dilettante · Post4:45 PM - Oct 27#5382026-10-27T16:45+00:00

framer wrote: ↑
9:56 PM - Oct 26
AI: The Boogeyman of the 21st Century

yes, the concerns of the vast majority of environmental scientists and the public in general are unfounded and you, a feeler of vibes, are correct. did you notice that Google just illegally cut down 250,000 trees in Finland to build a data center? not a problem for you, though, right?

Post4:56 PM - Oct 27#5392026-10-27T16:56+00:00

here ya go:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/finland-google-felling-trees-datacentre

https://fortune.com/2026/10/26/wolves-finland-google-1300-acres-data-center/

but hey you get to watch funny fake-puppy videos so it's all worth it.

SB in BH · Post7:52 PM - Oct 27#5402026-10-27T19:52+00:00

AI the technology might be a boogeyman but the capitalists and their government stooges behind the AI/data center industry absolutely want you enthralled, enslaved, or, even better, dead.

BarryGlick · Post4:34 PM - Oct 28#5412026-10-28T16:34+00:00

Paying electric customers to conserve power during peak grid usage is standard practice, but a new scheme would send that extra electricity to data center