Comment on To win over locals, data centers pump $340M into rural Texas projects
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 weeks ago
Just enough to convince locals they are good before getting what they want and ruining the area for decades.
Comment on To win over locals, data centers pump $340M into rural Texas projects
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 weeks ago
Just enough to convince locals they are good before getting what they want and ruining the area for decades.
its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Sacrifice Zones! Gosh, this is what bugged me so much about it all and I couldn’t put my finger on it. AI companies are basically creating sacrifice zones. I was doing some mentorship of a grad student from Chile on these, from a critical theory lens. Here’s a good article explaining what they are and how bad they are.
theguardian.com/…/illness-animal-deaths-water-sho…