Die Einwohner von Regina demonstrieren gegen das geplante KI-Rechenzentrum, bevor der Stadtrat von RM of Sherwood abstimmt

Ya, I’ve seen the reports and protests out of the US – it is INSANE what those data centers are doing to those communities. They build them in the lowest-property-value communities, absolutely abuse the infrastructure, crowd out local demand for basic utilities, spike prices, pollute the air and water, wildlife-impacting noise and activity, and more. They setup this bright, boxy, and industrial building for a marginal temporary local increase in employment, which is then kneecapped to just a few software devs and network engineers.

People are going to their local councils, complaining about water quality so poor that they have to buy bottled. They can’t even bathe anymore. A complete third-worldization of our backyards.

And for what? Nathan Macintosh does a great bit on this topic. Basically chalking up all this effort to give us what? The ability to ask future SkyNet to write us a joke authored and styled by a Connie Island hotdog vendor.