“The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor. If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign.”
Soooo gross. Tapping into the cult's inherent racism and superior attitudes, but insinuating poorer people are that way by choice. If they refuse data centers it's because they're "stupid" and "don't want to be wealthy." The propaganda machine is working overtime with this tool.
If a town or county says no, the project goes somewhere else. Those places get the money and the jobs; the ones that refuse fall behind.
He called data centers the “Golden Goose.” Killing the goose would be self inflicted. He also framed local opposition as a gift to China in the AI race.
He was not claiming that every person who dislikes a data center next to their house is currently poor or uneducated.
The grammar is “if they want to end up being…” a warning about what happens if they opt out.
Except there is no money or jobs in data centers. They barely employ anyone, and they suck up local resources driving prices higher, if not outright corrupting them.
Data Centers arent like factories with manual labor and jobs. And they dont produce anything that brings in people or goods. Hell, if they are talking about putting them in outer space, thats all you need to know about what benefit they have to local economy.
Its only 20-40 usually and up to 100 jobs depending on the size after the construction is done.
And construction is outsourced, not really going around hiring locals.
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u/shawn_the_medic 6h ago
“The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor. If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign.”