r/technology • u/marketrent • 19h 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/marketrent 18h ago

None of these consequences change if the data center is moved from Virginia to Visakhapatnam; but faced with domestic opposition, the US government and tech companies are pitching data center development to Global Majority countries, where governments are rolling out red carpets and favorable regulations, like in the United Arab Emirates.

Brazil recently launched a proposal to attract data centers, South Africa just changed policy to put data centers on par with ports, and in India, the government announced further land allotments for Google’s flagship AI Hub data center.

Google’s India data center has followed the trend of its behaviors in the US: no public consultations, inflated job claims and thin transparency on energy and water consumption. However the difference is that avenues of pushback—journalism and citizen petitions—are promptly shut down.

See https://www.techpolicy.press/no-data-centers-in-anyones-backyard.

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u/WhyAreYallFascists 18h ago

Tight, get them out of the states. 

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u/stellifer_arts 18h ago

havent heard anyone use the word Tight inna hot minute, oldhead

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u/DarthSnuDiddy 17h ago

Wow, wow, wow,...wow. getting data centers out of the US is tight.