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59% of American oppose AI data centers being built in their community — this has cost $130 billion in delays and cancellations in Q1 2026, so developers are fighting back
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sanitation lemmy.today sanitation@lemmy.today
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Link: https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/usd130-billion-worth-of-ai-data-center-projects-were-cancelled-or-delayed-in-q1-2026-developers-sick-of-losing-are-fighting-back-and-are-already-finding-victory
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Waterpumpee lemmus.org Waterpumpee@lemmus.org
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I feel like datacenters should pay some kind of tax to offset the troubles they cause to locals like water usage, electricity price hikes, pollution. Why not build those datacenters far away from communities though?
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Dookieman12 piefed.social Dookieman12@piefed.social
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Waterpumpee wrote:
I feel like datacenters should pay some kind of tax to offset the troubles they cause to locals like water usage, electricity price hikes, pollution. Why not build those datacenters far away from communities though?

Because datacenters are heavily reliant on electric and water utilities. Sufficient quantities of both are usually only possible in heavily populated areas with robust utility infrastructure.
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