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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by hackernud3s on Sunday October 04, 2026 @07:44PM (#49959121)
If you make it hard to build them in the US they will get built in other countries. Do you think Chinese residents get any say over where DCs go?
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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by rapind on Sunday October 04, 2026 @08:00PM (#49959242)
Exactly. It's just like when we used to pay workers a living wage. Well where did all of those jobs go amiright?! Stupid peasants can be so annoying... we're just trying to bring everyone into the grand age of abundance!

Totally not a new robber baron era at all. That's just fake news guys.

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Re:Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and e... by HDThoreaun on Monday October 05, 2026 @02:21PM (#49968482)
Big tech is worried that if they build a $100 billion datacenter in another country the country could simply take it from them
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