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In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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It won't ever be legal, but I don't think that's going to matter. These data centers are threatening hundreds of communities' basic survival, and there are so many people in this country that are struggling and ready to snap.
There is an extremely good reason why the government is preemptively getting a rubber stamp with "technology extremist terrorists" written on it ready. They know how fraught things are getting
Also just to add but when the current financialized system finally implodes it's gonna make things a whole lot worse and make people a whole lot more volatile. Personally I think either the SpaceX or OpenAI IPO will cause it, either those or some type of supply chain failure kinda a coin flip IMO.