alt Hacker NewsNIMBY is stopping data centers.
Maine set to become first state with data center ban: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/maine-data-center-ban.html
Also, it's a different kind of more insidious and visceral NIMBY rooted in racism and classism.
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kavok • yesterday at 8:18 PM
Sure, it’s stopping some, but not most/all even with strong public opposition.
See: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/small-missouri-to...
ghaff • yesterday at 6:26 PM
Not sure it's a bad thing. So, they would employ maybe 30 people after they're built. Consume a lot of power and water. I'd have to see the details of a specific proposal but I'd probably vote against personally.
WillPostForFood • yesterday at 5:15 PM
Yes, see the famous essay, Nimby Good When My Neighborhood by I Hyppocrit.
It's facetious to pretend NIMBYs are as such because they're racist and classist, rather than because they just want to protect the single most valuable and future-determining investment they'll make in their entire lives.