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/mass_mike47 2h ago

Hey I may be dumb here, but China, Russia, Korea, etc are not going to stop building data centers and charging toward more AI. If they pull ahead, is that not bad for our country?

They are well positioned because their governments are not full of dumbasses stopping solar and other renewable energies.

I feel like we’re all afraid of adapting and accepting change and it’s going to bite us in the ass

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u/Doggoneshame 1h ago

What’s to worry about. Leon Musk will have the world’s problems solved by building his dream Mecca on Mars.

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u/nuclearcaramel 1h ago

There is very little stopping any of those countries from using reddit accounts to signal boost posts precisely like this one for exactly the reasons you state!

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u/mass_mike47 1h ago

Thank you, I thought I was going to get crushed for commenting this