I’m projecting, as more corporations have more money than the local government and possibly the state, these small rural towns are going to get taken advantage of. The voices saying no will be ignored for the “prosperity” of the city or district. All while these data centers offer almost no long term jobs and abusing the city services like power and water.

It used to just be large developers for suburban sprawl and golf courses but AI is the new game in town.

The threat of trucks crashing into schools isn’t the only problem that the data center has brought. Local residents Joseph and Robin Williams told WWNO that they’ve noticed their tap water is frequently rust colored since Meta started building the data center, and they say their electricity frequently goes off for hours on end with no warning.

Wow you’d expect this in a third world country, not a place that should have standards 🙄 And is the richest in the world.