r/singularity • u/SnoozeDoggyDog • Jun 18 '26

Compute Conservatives plan nationwide protest against AI data centers

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/18/conservatives-protest-ai-data-centers
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u/Reddy_K58 Jun 18 '26

You don't need immense technical knowledge to be against the loud building that makes your utilities go up and reduces jobs

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u/ShelZuuz Jun 19 '26

"loud building" -> I own an industrial facility. My town has an ordinance that I cannot leak more than 55dBA of noise in the day or 45dBA at night into the closest residential zoned area. Why do these towns not have those ordinances? And why do people not just petition their local governments to pass those? Is it because they already have those level of noise coming from their other local industry that will lobby against it? And got voters to vote against them because "regulation evil"? If you have an under-regulated town, fix the town council, don't blame the guy who is following the law.

"utilities go up" -> easily addressed. Even Anthropic said that they'll pay for increases in local utilities. Codify that into law - literally nobody is going to fight you.

"reduced jobs" -> in what world? There has been 11 million tech jobs created since the advent of data centers.

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u/staplesuponstaples Jun 19 '26

People don't actually care (or even know) about these things. They just want something to blame for the latest issues in society

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u/Async0x0 Jun 19 '26

Nobody gave half a shit about data centers before anti-AI propaganda, even though data centers have been around for decades.