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patphil

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8. There isn't any need to have thousands of AI data centers all over the country.
Tue May 26, 2026, 08:44 PM
17 hrs ago

How much data is there that it needs such an incredible amount of computing power and data storage?
What we do need is a moratorium on new data center construction and activation. In fact, I doubt if we need even half of the existing centers to hold and process all the data the nation produces.
There's so massive that it makes me wonder what their real intent is. Are they really data centers, or are they detention centers in disguise?
Whatever they are, they're consuming far too much energy. Not to mention all the jobs they're eliminating.

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