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I have a family member that wants to ban all data centers and I felt like Daniel Plainview in the milkshake scene showing them the AWS region selector interface, explaining that regional data center bans in deep leftist areas won't move the needle.

Nothing short of a totalitarian one world government can stop the development of AI technology, there's simply too much demand. It's just not happening.

These people should make peace with it sooner than later and propose more reasonable terms like mandating AI companies invest in renewable energy.

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> areas won't move the needle

Wont move the needle? Go ahead and build shit in your community, I'm happy its being kept out of mine. Stop trying to pretend like NY is trying to legislate the nation by maintaining its own front and backyard.

A lot of us would be happy with them being more heavily taxed on consumption and that money going directly to making everyone’s utility bills much cheaper. Being forced to create more capacity would also be great.

"totalitarian" for a democratically elected representative government to ban something? How? If other counties or states want them fine, godspeed, take them. We'll be just fine without them.

- Lifetime resident of what might as well be called AWS us-east-1, Virginia now.

The regional AI policies can be fully democratic, but banning AI data center construction globally would require coordination that only a totalitarian undemocratic one world government could achieve.

Many economically stagnant areas actually see it as an incredible economic opportunity when Americans want to destroy their lead in AI, because they can capture business investment that would be reliably American.

Crushing AI would require crushing these countries, many of which are already hostile to American foreign policy.

Where did anyone say a global ban or even national? I personally do not see it as "an incredible economic opportunity," I see it as a massive gamble that won't bear fruit, but that's beside the point. If localities want to bet on them fine, they can have them like I originally said.

> "totalitarian" for a democratically elected representative government to ban something?

Steven Miller has figured it out

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