These sorts of things done remotely close to residential areas are very rare in the grand scheme. And I agree these specific projects are a major problem.

It’s just not representative of the bigger picture when there are a dozen horrible projects against say 1000 total.

The hyperbole is what gets my mom terrified of moving to a city that might allow a datacenter to be built 8 miles away from the place she was looking at.

> These sorts of things done remotely close to residential areas are very rare in the grand scheme.

I'm sure that will be a great consolation to the thousands of people who have to live near them. "Don't worry, your situation is very rare! That's why we don't have to do anything about it."