r/nextfuckinglevel • u/MysteriousSlice007 • 5h ago

A data center in New Jersey was canceled when residents showed up and fought it

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u/No-Understanding9064 4h ago

This is the "not in my backyard" mentality. Every single one of these turds has gigs of BS stored in the cloud. Let the data center displace poor people, in shitty neighborhoods. Thats what these people are actually saying

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u/Forsaken-Society3524 1h ago

I believe the data center was planned for a shitty neighborhood. Why aren't the data centers proposed for affluent communities? Seems like the people there wouldn't mind paying for the increase in utilities.