[quickthrowman]

To quote the great Jeffrey Lebowski, “That’s just like, your opinion, man.”

You may think these are necessary things to do, but data centers are being built as we speak that are not net zero on energy or water consumption. That’s reality.

It would be ideal if data centers had net zero energy and water consumption, don’t get me wrong. That won’t happen without legislation, and even then legislative efforts will be a patchwork that won’t cover everyone due to some politicians selling out their constituents.

[rswail]

That's the current reality and people are realizing that they are being ripped off in their local communities, which will result in an already beginning backlash against datacenters and particularly AI datacenters.

I don't think this will change in the US, because your governments have been totally corrupted and you have much bigger problems than datacenters.

It will/is happening in more enlightened/democratic jurisdictions.