AI Data Centers Feel Like the Worst PR Rollout in Tech History. The Billionaires Attached to These Projects Are Underestimating What Happens to Them.

I am pro capitalism and broadly pro AI, but I genuinely do not understand how people think this rollout is politically sustainable. You are asking communities, many of which are already struggling economically, to accept massive data centers consuming huge amounts of power, water, land, and local infrastructure, while simultaneously telling them AI may reduce the long term value of their labor. From a public perception standpoint just feels like an insult. I went to some of the best schools in the country, I don't doubt the intelligence of people that did not? What confuses me most is how many investors and executives seem to treat the backlash as irrational or “anti progress.” People are obviously going to care about their communities, utility costs, jobs, and quality of life. The part I cannot figure out is where the breaking point is. At what stage does this stop being viewed as a tech growth story and start becoming a broader social and political issue? Because right now this honestly feels like one of the worst PR rollouts I have ever seen from an industry this important. And cut the China bullshit, if you wanna cut the China bullshit then cut the AGI, AI god is coming for your life bullshit which we all know is not even proven.