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A comment on OpenAI's letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infrastructure in Texas. Parent comment

Re:OpenAI's letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infr... by gruez on Monday August 10, 2026 @04:37PM (#49249363)
>NIMBY is largely used for housing development discussions and to contort it in support of developing data centers is incredibly intellectually dishonest.

No, it's frequently used in infrastructure discussions as well, eg. high speed rail or power transmission lines.

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Re:OpenAI's letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infr... by goatlover on Monday August 10, 2026 @05:13PM (#49249829)
Or like property on the Texas Mexico border through which a wall is being built sealing off acres of private land from the owner.
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Re:OpenAI's letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infr... by rayiner on Monday August 10, 2026 @06:46PM (#49250933)
That’s the opposite of NIMBYism. Public infrastructure getting built despite inconvenience to affected landowners.
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Re:OpenAI's letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infr... by hotpotatoe on Monday August 10, 2026 @07:14PM (#49251169)
That pointless infrastructure that has ‘inconvenienced’ landowners is also destroying a national park, so I guess we are all being inconvenienced. And funneled billions of tax dollars to private contractors.
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Re:OpenAI's letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infr... by rayiner on Monday August 10, 2026 @10:31PM (#49252669)
Yes, building public infrastructure generally involves paying private contractors to do it. Who do you think builds government buildings?
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