alt Hacker NewsMy observation has been that the areas where data centers makes the most sense (colder climate, cheap energy, cheap real-estate, trustworthy countries) to build, are also areas where resistance against data centers has started to gain momentum. The spike in energy prices alone will make building these centers an uphill battle.
Good, if these multi billion dollar companies can't afford to build a data center that... At the bare minimum doesn't affect their cost of electricity over the next 10 years, nor the infrastructure, then it's totally reasonable for them to resist it. It's not like building data centers is for the common good like building new nuclear power plants or other key infrastructure. Instead it's literally just profit motivated, and not even by consumer spending.