Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by sellmesoap 24 days ago
A big part of the build out is government involved, there's no refferendum ballot for "don't spend public money feeding the circus" that tiger needs his three squares a day...
1 comments

I mean it was roughly the same when electrical grids expanded renewable generation for Bitcoin mining.

And it will be roughly the same, that when the demand goes away, the infrastructure will remain for everyone.

Datacenters are cool and good. Electricity production is cool and good.

"OH NO BUT WHAT IF THE DATACENTER HAS CUSTOMERS I DONT LIKE" - I couldnt care less.