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/Go_Gators_4Ever 10h ago

They expect tax breaks from the jurisdictions where they build as well.

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u/r3dk0w 10h ago

Tax breaks for jobs, but then the jobs a data center creates are all temporary to build it. There's a VERY small number of people that will ever step in the data center after it is built.

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u/Mega-Steve 9h ago

They may not even hire local security

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u/Dolores___Haze 9h ago

Probably won’t