Re:Trump announces data center dividend
by verdverm on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @12:14PM
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Some of the NIMBY causes for data centers are
1. Corrupt politicians, doing deals with corporate shell companies, against the will of the people.
2. Gas turbines being used by these companies, because America stopped investing in the grid for ~20 years. This is real noise and pollution people don't want, and then they see EOs that undo the very environmental protections meant to keep them safe and healthy.
3. The economic outlook from Ai. Since the dawn of computers, we stopped making new tasks for the people in these communities as automation replaced tasks and accelerated at doing so.
There is an interesting story (retold by Asianometry iirc) about China fumbling the first few trash incinerators, learning from that, and have now built almost 1000 of them without much fuss. One of the interesting things I learned is that the Chinese people protested, were allowed to protest, and the government listened. (note, they were not protesting the CCP)
1. Corrupt politicians, doing deals with corporate shell companies, against the will of the people.
2. Gas turbines being used by these companies, because America stopped investing in the grid for ~20 years. This is real noise and pollution people don't want, and then they see EOs that undo the very environmental protections meant to keep them safe and healthy.
3. The economic outlook from Ai. Since the dawn of computers, we stopped making new tasks for the people in these communities as automation replaced tasks and accelerated at doing so.
There is an interesting story (retold by Asianometry iirc) about China fumbling the first few trash incinerators, learning from that, and have now built almost 1000 of them without much fuss. One of the interesting things I learned is that the Chinese people protested, were allowed to protest, and the government listened. (note, they were not protesting the CCP)