[itopaloglu83]

Let’s be a huge burden to local utilities that prices skyrocket, make everyone else pay for the infrastructure cost, and then act surprised when people vote to block us.

Yes, we do need the data centers, but people have a saying too.

[egorfine]

> Yes, we do need the data centers, but people have a saying too.

Think of the airports. Do we need them? Absolutely. Do people have a say? Yes they do. And that's the problem: they will always say sure but not in my backyard. Obviously no one wants an airport nearby, that's understandable. So in the end expanding an airport (and thus economy) becomes basically impossible.

But in case of airport there is at least a clear case to make. DataCenters? Not so much. Laymen are unable to make an educated decisions here hence they will always vote no.

[Yeul]

I don't mind Amazon using the water if they pay for it just like the rest of us.

Unfortunately companies tend to negotiate special deals. And for what? How many local people actually get jobs in a date centre? A few security guards, cleaners and gardeners?

I've seen these things they do everything remote and if that doesn't work they fly in a team.

[rangestransform]

Even them paying for it shifts the demand curve and makes it expensive for everyone else in the short term, and local government will abuse bureaucracy to make damn sure “short term” is long

[yostrovs]

This article claims that's not happening: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/10/2...

[rcxdude]

There is a fairly obvious conflict of interest with that article.