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Motherfuckers have been buying people out of their homes, emptying entire neighborhoods just to get access to land near power plants and near water sources to build their AI data centers, they've been polluting drinking water sources and siphoning the electricity of entire towns, and polluting like crazy, and they're affraid society might not accept their useless AI porn generating bullshit? Because let's face it, that's what it's mostly used for.
Where did they buy neighborhoods to bulldoze them?
Here's one example:
https://www.networkworld.com/article/2071209/data-center-provider-razes-55-homes-to-make-room-for-illinois-campus.html
There's also Itasca in Illinois
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/unnamed-data-center-developer-acquires-14-acres-in-itasca-area-of-chicago-illinois/
I bet you can find more
Wow wow wow crazy.
Wow is right, those people made a massive profit on their homes.
Why are you trying to make it seem like the homeowners have been screwed over? It makes no fucking sense.
There is a reason they all sold. But that it is happening is still crazy. As if there is no empty space anywhere?
It doesn't matter. They didn't hold a gun to anyone's head. It's hard to imagine anyone being dumb enough to not realizer what a gift that is.
What's crazy is people acting like this is some kind conspiracy that screwed over the homeowners, who made out like bandits.
For example in Illinois:
"land grab"? That makes it sound like they did something illegal.
They offered people money and those chose to take it. Wisely. Because they made a huge profit on their houses.
You think I wouldn't sell mine for 950k when I bought at $310k?
True. At least the owners got a good price.
I'm surprised we don't have a story yet about a town of people weilding pitchforks and torches and breaking into a data center.
Would you pissed if someone offered you double the value of your home? Wish would that happen to me.
They're being paid above market value for their homes. And who knows what other kinds of pressure they're facing.
"Pressure" being an amazing deal they wouldn't have gotten otherwise.
You're COMPLETELY removing any responsibility from the sellers and that is just ridiculous.
You know those people to choose to sell their property, right?