@AIandDesign: The left has lost it on this shit, I swear. “Data centers only serve billionaires” is completely unserious. They run al…
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The post argues against the criticism that data centers only serve billionaires, highlighting their essential role in daily technology use and comparing their water usage favorably to golf courses.
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The left has lost it on this shit, I swear.
“Data centers only serve billionaires” is completely unserious. They run all the stuff you use every day. And the water rhetoric needs perspective: U.S. golf courses use ~30x more water per day than data centers consume directly.
Criticize the tradeoffs, sure. “No real benefit” is completely absurd.
NJ Centrist 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@NJCentrist): Data Centers only serve billionaires.
Data Centers consumer enormous amounts of water and energy, without any real benefit to the communities they prey upon.
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