That's a reductive take in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis. Of course people will resist commercial developments that'll increase the cost of one of the most essential resources everyone uses day-to-day for the sake of shareholder value.

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throw10920 an hour ago | parent [-]

> That's a reductive take in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis. Of course people will resist commercial developments that'll increase the cost of one of the most essential resources everyone uses day-to-day

Your argument conveniently ignores that electricity is tiny fraction of the average American's budget, which is far more heavily weighted toward housing, gas, and groceries. This argument is extremely tenuous.

> for the sake of shareholder value

This is emotionally manipulative and without substance. Data centers are being built because there's demand for them from people who want to use AI, like me. These data centers drive down the cost of AI, which is valuable to me, and to society. The fact that it also happens to increase "shareholder value" is irrelevant.

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bluefirebrand an hour ago | parent [-]

> Data centers are being built because there's demand for them from people who want to use AI, like me

No they aren't

They're being built so shareholders can profit off of people like you. The fact that you benefit from it does not actually factor in any way aside from the fact that you will pay them for that benefit

They aren't benevolently trying to help you out, they just want your money.

The fact that you want AI and think it will help you and society is actually what is irrelevant. If they weren't confident it would make them money it would not be built no matter how beneficial it would be.

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throw10920 24 minutes ago | parent [-]

>> Data centers are being built because there's demand for them from people who want to use AI, like me

> No they aren't

You literally said they are building data centers to cater to demand later on in your own comment:

> If they weren't confident it would make them money it would not be built

There you go. Your own point debunked by your own words.

> They aren't benevolently trying to help you out

I didn't say anything about the owners building stuff out of charity or benevolence. Are you responding to the wrong comment? Yours is more-or-less irrelevant to mine in addition to being self-contradictory.

	▲	bluefirebrand 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Come on bud. You claimed > The fact that it (building data centers) also happens to increase "shareholder value" is irrelevant It's not irrelevant. It is the primary reason they are being built Your understanding about the cause and effect around why data centers are being built is completely backwards