[iso1631]

> “Of course, we need some data centers,” he says. But he wants us to talk about restructuring the way the Internet works so they are not so necessary.

I'm waiting for them to suggest it should be moved to the cloud rather than put in data centres.

This is a symptom of widespread technological illiteracy, globally (at least in the west)

[nosianu]

Ah - now I actually have to come to his defense. Because I only quoted the part immediately after this one and thought it was enough:

> Ruiter says he’s continued to talk about data centers because he wants to remind people that “the cloud” they’ve come to rely on isn’t just an ethereal concept—it’s something that has a physical manifestation, here in the farmland of North Holland. He worries that growing demand for data storage from people, and also, increasingly, AI, will just mean more and more hyperscale facilities.

[iso1631]

In that case he sounds like one of the most technically adept people in government anywhere!

[etiennebausson]

I would very much like politicians that knowledgeable and articulate in my country.