Meanwhile a small city ~20 minutes from me in Wisconsin approved and is currently building the biggest data center I've ever seen in person. :(

How soon before the AI companies lobby to get that ban overturned like in Maine?

Could turn out like the Utah town were they do this and gets built anyway.

Soon they will find out their votes are utterly meaningless when the tech overlords simply place the data centre upon them.

Thanks for your input, the problem is we don't care what peasants think

just to be a voice of dissidence, not all data centers fuel AI, and they're certainly vital to a vast amount of the internet.

Until the state passes a law that they can't do that. That's what happened in the early 2000s, when small cities decided to host their own Internet for free, and have local businesses sponsor it. One town in my area announced they could do it for $250K, and there were plenty of local businesses that spend far more on advertising.

Then the big ISPs greased some palms, and it became illegal almost everywhere.

next week

Breaking news, new data center slated for Fredonia