The negative news surrounding data center developments has definitely made it harder for projects like these to get off the ground without opposition. Data centers need to win the approval of their neighbors if they want to get their projects running quickly, but this has gotten exponentially difficult, especially with all the negative publicity that all the other sites have generated.
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SkyBill40 To hell with these clowns. It's clear people don't want them in their areas and given the negative environmental impacts they create, it's no surprise the feelings against them are strong. And it's pretty comical to hear that a city council, who controls what goes on in their city, is being sued for overstepping or overreach. There is a huge complex near me currently comprising 7 large buildings, with more under construction (thankfully not within earshot – I'd have to drive there but it's close enough). I feel bad for the communities which are within that proximity. The only buffer (or restriction) to keep developers from building more in that corridor is the reservation. Makes me wonder if they'd be willing to sell off some of it or lease it for additional revenue as they have before? Man, I hope not. Reply
Sievaniel So the data centers are saying they are being treated unfairly with the bans. Yet they are using the government to force Eminent Domain to secure land for said data center and there isn't a way to fight back. Rules for thee but not for me. Reply
Tiz.io I don't understand why these DCs need to be built anywhere near people are. Fiber is cheap, especially compared to the full infrastructure cost. Stick them in some wasteland, not looming over neighborhoods. Reply
chaos215bar2 SkyBill40 said: thankfully not within earshot Maybe not "earshot", but that doesn't mean the noise pollution it's creating doesn't have an impact. Benn Jordan did a series of videos on infrasound on YouTube, including from datacenters. Worth checking out. They're probably the best researched information I've seen on the topic. Reply
Sievaniel Tiz.io said: I don't understand why these DCs need to be built anywhere near people are. Fiber is cheap, especially compared to the full infrastructure cost. Stick them in some wasteland, not looming over neighborhoods. Part of me wants to say latency and access to water. We can build them out in the wastelands, but it makes it significantly harder to cool them without the infrastructure in place. That's why they choose neighborhoods because it has already been done and they just want to piggy back off the taxpayer funded ecosystem without paying to run new crap. Reply
vanadiel007 Tiz.io said: I don't understand why these DCs need to be built anywhere near people are. Fiber is cheap, especially compared to the full infrastructure cost. Stick them in some wasteland, not looming over neighborhoods. And the power in these wastelands would come from where? Reply
alan.campbell99 With respect to alleged construction jobs, AFAIK a lot of these jobs would be outside workers brought in not necessarily local companies? At least in terms of the internal compute fit out I would think. After that, probably a minimal number of onsite staff and security. Reply
Scase15 vanadiel007 said: And the power in these wastelands would come from where? And this is our problem how? Reply
bill001g vanadiel007 said: And the power in these wastelands would come from where? From the old coal mine that they built it near :). People scream about the power so the data centers build power plants onsite. Now they scream about the pollution from that power plant. Even if they used solar and wind then they would claim it was killing the rare birds or something. They could propose a data center 100 miles away from the nearest city say in montana and you would still have someone find something to complain about. The new complaint will be all the abandoned data centers when someone wins the AI race and the rest close. Reply
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