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AvAn12yesterday at 8:27 PM3 repliesview on HN

If they produce large negative externalities like data centers do, then yes absolutely.

In a normal market, tech cos would have to pay for the messes they make (the negative externalities). With so much speculative financing available today, these costs are not being born by the companies creating them. Rather, random people (external parties) are forced to suck up higher electricity costs, noise, environmental degradation, new competition for water, non-employment of local people, oh yeah, and not much more to show for it than a proliferation of new forms of slop.

Tech guys: can’t you think of more economically useful products to launch?


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raincoleyesterday at 8:39 PM

> new competition for water

Data centers use minuscule amount of water compared to factories that make physical goods.

TheTaytayyesterday at 8:49 PM

This whole conversation is happening due to data centers existing…

Legend2440yesterday at 8:31 PM

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