alt Hacker NewsA lot of noise, pollution, resource usage, power sound problems etc can be easily solved. The one that I think people are frustrated is the wealth inequality and data centers are directly seen as making few people insanely rich while their lives are not improving whatsoever. I don't see a solution to this yet.
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dh2022 • today at 5:13 PM
Huh? What is the solution for higher electrical bills? Build more power plants? Who will pay to build these power plants? The AI companies?
What can be done about the noise? I keep thinking about this meeting in Carroll County, KY about 1 week ago where residents confronted county officials by playing recordings of the data center noise ongoing onside their homes. [0][1]
> “You guys have made your point, okay,” Nab tells the local residents.
> “But we have to live with this now!” they urgently respond.
> “Oh, ya have to live with it?” Nab shoots back, smirking as he speaks.
> “Yes we do!” the locals reply, as other townies chime in. At one point, a security guard jumps in and warns everyone to act like “adults.”
The near open mocking of residents as they grapple with persistent noise is what bends me the wrong way.
[0] https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/resident-screec...
[1] https://www.wkyt.com/2026/10/29/carroll-county-residents-pla...