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Shut up and take our money: Amazon plows $1B+ into quashing datacenter dissent (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 3 points 55 minutes ago

That's $1B+ that could have increased paychecks or benefits or bathroom breaks.

Holy shit, why would anyone still work there after moves like that?

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    [–] 10 points 3 hours ago

    Nothing says "we're the good guys" quite like having to lavishly bribe the public not to hate and obstruct your every move.

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    [–] 12 points 4 hours ago

    If they want data centers so damn bad we can be sure they will not be good for us.

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    [–] 27 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

    They can't spend that fucking money on making this shit in a way that's compliant instead?

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  • [–] 16 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    Yeah, if data centers used solar power, batteries, and cooling that doesn’t waste water, I think communities wouldn’t mind (as much).

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  • [–] 11 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

    If I had fucking 280 billion and wanted to build the world's biggest data center right fucking now, you bet your ass I'd buy out the entire production chain of renewables infrastructure and get fucking even richer for the next 50 years as I use the stuff at the start to make the data center, then the rest to charge the local population for green energy, and to spend the rest of the supply chain after to sell more green energy production stuff.

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