>Technically people do benefit from having a dump or power plant.

They also benefit from an AI datacenter, at least as evidenced by how many installs the chatgpt app has.

>Very few people are affected by having a dump nearby or a nuclear power plant, whereas it seems like the power generators for these AI data centers really belong in an industrial park.

Something tells me the anti-datacenter activists won't be placated by moving a block or two away from residential zones.

>These data centers also don't employ many people, though I've read they are wonderful for city taxes, assuming they haven't gotten too many enticing tax breaks.

And dumps do?