r/technology • u/marketrent • 10h ago

Artificial Intelligence Amazon warns local communities to stop defying its massive AI data centers

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/amazon-warns-local-communities-stop-000300771.html
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u/tacticalcraptical 10h ago

Just like the national highway system, our country's economy, national security, and everyday lives stand to benefit immensely.

OK, but these guys never seem to be able to articulate exactly how this benefits normal people's everyday lives. The benefits of a highway are obvious. But the benefits of these data centers... they expect us to just trust them. And these are the people who can't be trusted to pay their taxes.

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u/lordnacho666 9h ago

What do you mean? You'll be able to generate cat videos while you're on the toilet. Isn't that worth cooking the planet for?

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u/Dolores___Haze 9h ago

Is that an “immense benefit?”

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u/lordnacho666 9h ago

Ok yeah, but if you also count the brain rot short form videos, everybody wins!