our local county is preparing to ban such centers ... the social and economic impact these centers bring are horrendously negative ...
You are mistaken.
AI is coming and you can't stop progress , so get onboard and embrace your inevitable future.
Just think of all of the things you will be able to do with all of the free time the AI future will provide for you !
We must do whatever it takes to prevent the Chinese from winning the AI arms race, do you want America to be left behind while China owns the future?
If AI fails, all of the highly leveraged data center projects will fail, taking the Stock market and our financial system down with it, do you want to lose your 401k ?
What’s the negative social impact of a data center? It is just a building.
I enjoy using AI products; they can save a lot of time analyzing just about any type of information source, can be extremely helpful writing code, setting up servers, and aid in many creative endeavors with often amusing results. But when one looks closely into the hype, misinformation, and $Hundreds of Billions behind it all it is shocking and likely never going to play out in the ways predicted.
The primary use is likely to be used for building files and surveilling the activities of every one of us. It needs to be reigned in... how I do not know since government and big business are the primary sponsors. But it is turning into a malignancy which threatens all normal people.