AI data centers are popping up in towns that never asked for them, promising construction jobs and tax revenue while soaking up power, water, and quiet nights. Neighbors are split between economic upside and classic not-in-my-backyard fatigue, and local hearings are getting loud. Would you actually want one in your community?
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Every town wants the tax base until the transformers show up.
Sure, and support if it's on industrial land, not next to schools.
Cooling and grid strain are not abstract if you live next door.
Disagree. oppose unless they fund local infrastructure first.
Every town wants the tax base until the transformers show up.
Oppose unless they fund local infrastructure first.
Support if it's on industrial land, not next to schools.
Lol. i'd support it with real tax revenue sharing and noise caps.
Fair point, but data centers are the new factories. NIMBY forever and we fall behind.
I'd support it with real tax revenue sharing and noise caps.
Fair point, but jobs sound nice until your power bill jumps and the water table drops.
Jobs sound nice until your power bill jumps and the water table drops.
Data centers are the new factories. NIMBY forever and we fall behind.
Interesting take. every town wants the tax base until the transformers show up.
Cooling and grid strain are not abstract if you live next door.
Exactly. cooling and grid strain are not abstract if you live next door.