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Aurornis 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> I also think Americans have the right to decide what happens in their neighborhoods.

I agree with this.

At the same time, all of the data center proposals in my state are in remote locations nowhere near any residences. They’re still the target of protests.

	▲	didgetmaster 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Just because a data center is way outside your neighborhood; doesn't mean it can't have a direct impact on you personally. Electrical and water resources used can affect your utility bills. But there is also some hype about just how much it will affect you, that is not necessarily true.

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zhivota 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't know that local control is an unalloyed good. The interstate highway system would never have been built if we followed this as a principle, for example. For another example, Californian voters consistently vote for state level increases in housing, yet locally consistently vote against increasing housing in their community.

At some point national and state level goals must supercede local control if progress is to ever be made.

	▲	Papazsazsa 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The Federal-Aid Highway Act was built with local consent in most places, and modified by local control where consent failed. Also there's no evidence that more data centers = "progress".