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Data centers have become a major economic development battleground for many states, even though they provide relatively few jobs and consume massive amounts of resources.
But someone gets paid. Just like in developing world countries, it's kickbacks for officials.
I'm happy to be shown I am wrong, but in the meantime let's call it what it is, and isn't. It isn't economic development, it is wealth extraction.
It will be used to justify murder when during a heatwave, power is preferentially shunted to it instead of poor people dying as the powergrid breaks down under stress.
Working precisely as intended.