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re: Everyone Hates Data Centers it is almost universal
Posted on 2/24/26 at 8:54 am to UltimaParadox
Posted on 2/24/26 at 8:54 am to UltimaParadox
I think it’s only a matter of time before people around the world start to really push back and attack these types of places, tech pushing AI, etc. Especially in more radical pro worker areas like France, etc with histories of things boiling over.
I still think we’re too fat, happy, and distracted.
I still think we’re too fat, happy, and distracted.
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Posted on 2/24/26 at 8:54 am to UltimaParadox
I'm convinced that these are DoD funded and it's just 2020's version of ARPANET.
Posted on 2/24/26 at 8:55 am to UltimaParadox
Landry loves them
Posted on 2/24/26 at 8:56 am to UltimaParadox
Moore's Law isn't dead, just realign it for storage
Posted on 2/24/26 at 8:57 am to UltimaParadox
Not sure why people are so bothered by them. It’s the ‘new normal’ if you want the technology advantages we have.
Posted on 2/24/26 at 8:58 am to UltimaParadox
Like them or not, they are vital for research and national defense.
Posted on 2/24/26 at 8:59 am to BigPerm30
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Not to mention AI will kill 75% of jobs and we will be eating fricking bugs.
This. People always say new tech creates new jobs to use and maintain the new tech. This isnt the case this time. AI replaces far more jobs then it creates, by a landslide. The money saved wont trickle down, its just going to be harder and harder to live.
Posted on 2/24/26 at 9:04 am to 225Tyga
quote:If you can guarantee that the gain outshines the cost, sure.
The product that Data Centers are producing is changing the world at this very second. People will get over the Data Centers once construction builds out but it is needed for our civilization to take the next steps forward.
Here is a clip from an article on data center electricity cost impact from January.
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Residential electricity rates were up 5.2% in October from the same time in 2024, according to the monthly electricity report released by the Energy Information Administration. Electricity costs for areas near data centers increased by as much as 267% compared to five years ago, a Bloomberg News analysis found last year.
Here is a quote from an article referencing the energy demand of these centers.
quote:That was in 2023. What percentage of all electricity will be consumed by data centers by 2030?
But AI is particularly energy-hungry, requiring enormous amounts of computing power compared to previous technologies, says Peskoe. (One study from MIT estimated that 4.4% of all electricity in the U.S. was consumed by data centers in 2023.)
The electricity demand will continue to rise due to the construction of these centers and, unless you can guarantee that the corporations building them will solely eat the cost, we will suffer the increase in costs in an already more expensive world.
Posted on 2/24/26 at 9:14 am to Scruffy
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What percentage of all electricity will be consumed by data centers by 2030?
At the expected growth rate about 10%
Posted on 2/24/26 at 9:17 am to Scruffy
The question I have is will and how quickly might the tech outpace the need for these huge buildings?
I guess we can make an indoor soccer field out of these structures when AI is done.
I guess we can make an indoor soccer field out of these structures when AI is done.
Posted on 2/24/26 at 9:18 am to Scruffy
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If you can guarantee that the gain outshines the cost, sure.
Yes i can guarantee that.
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What percentage of all electricity will be consumed by data centers by 2030?
The electricity demand will continue to rise due to the construction of these centers and, unless you can guarantee that the corporations building them will solely eat the cost, we will suffer the increase in costs in an already more expensive world.
The amount of new power generation facilities that are planned in the near future is astonishing. Most occurring behind the meter dedicated for Data Center consumption.
Everyone needs to understand that the people and the minds behind all of this are vastly superior to the general public...sorry thats just the truth. This isnt about making a quick buck its again about changing the world.
What artificial intelligence is capable of producing and is going to produce is hard to explain and comprehend for the common folk. This is unfortunately a case of "We know better and we know what's good for you"
Everyone is all worried about their fricking utility bill going up a few $s (which is such a short sighted view) and under the assumption that there will not be any more water and that water is going to be polluted
you dont think these people have already thought of and planned for all this?! 
Posted on 2/24/26 at 9:20 am to 225Tyga
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What artificial intelligence is capable of producing and is going to produce is hard to explain and comprehend for the common folk. This is unfortunately a case of "We know better and we know what's good for you"
get fricked Posted on 2/24/26 at 9:23 am to UltimaParadox
We don’t need smart homes, smart cars, animated persona on fb, and AI. AI and these data centers are going to destroy us. If anyone is laughing now, are you not worried for your young children, grands, and future kids and grands? I am.
Posted on 2/24/26 at 9:23 am to BigPerm30
and we will be eating fricking bugs.
---not me baw. Country boy can survive.
---not me baw. Country boy can survive.
Posted on 2/24/26 at 9:41 am to Dire Wolf
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Especially since we know they will all be manned by a few Indians and not some baw
Indians don't do racking and stacking, it's manual labor that is below them. The Indians will be doing work remotely, but the rack and stack monkeys will be local. I can teach a high school drop out how to do most of that work.
This post was edited on 2/24/26 at 9:42 am
Posted on 2/24/26 at 9:43 am to Salmon
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get fricked
Im not here to say things that are well received or pleasant to hear....just share the unfortunate truth
Posted on 2/24/26 at 9:45 am to 225Tyga
Yes, I am sure those who will lose their jobs/get replaced by AI and those who have seen their electricity bills increase upwards of 267% will take great solace in what you have posted.
I know I will.
I know I will.
Posted on 2/24/26 at 9:46 am to UltimaParadox
They should have a much larger % of revenue/money going straight to local tax funds for schools, infrastructure, etc.
But if one small town proposes that, they pass and go to the next.
We need a way to band together to force that regardless of where they end up building. That is anti-capitalist, but these things are an abomination if they are not creating financial stability for the towns they are in.
But if one small town proposes that, they pass and go to the next.
We need a way to band together to force that regardless of where they end up building. That is anti-capitalist, but these things are an abomination if they are not creating financial stability for the towns they are in.
This post was edited on 2/24/26 at 9:47 am
Posted on 2/24/26 at 9:53 am to 225Tyga
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Im not here to say things that are well received or pleasant to hear....just share the unfortunate truth
you have no idea what you are talking about as usualPosted on 2/24/26 at 9:54 am to Scruffy
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electricity bills increase upwards of 267%
That's not even what the article said but that hasn't slowed you down.
This post was edited on 2/24/26 at 9:55 am
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