Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute' into Law

Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by BriggyDwiggs42 on Sunday November 09, 2025 @12:54PM (#45867493)

So this is probably just to attract datacenters with the promise there will be no recourse for the local environmental consequences and the horrible noise for neighbors.

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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by andai on Sunday November 09, 2025 @12:58PM (#45867528)

Does The Hum fall under the 1st Amendment? ;)

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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by Spooky23 on Sunday November 09, 2025 @03:15PM (#45868765)

That’s no hum, it’s the sound of shareholder value.

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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by dweinus on Monday November 10, 2025 @11:47AM (#45877799)

Exactly. All of the people in comments here thinking this has any impact on right to repair or open source are thoroughly kidding themselves. Lawmakers don't get out of bed in the morning to fight for nerds or the working class.

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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by soupy-soup on Monday November 10, 2025 @01:14PM (#45878883)

This is exactly what's happening. There are some huge data center projects in progress in Montana.

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