[yesthatjallen]

The cost of electricity and water are increasing where they build data centers. This isn't a communist China narrative. You can research it yourself.

AI Data Centers: Big Tech's Impact on Electric Bills, Water, and More

You sound like Kevin O'Leary. 'We have to build data centers or China will win!'

Kevin O’Leary claims Chinese propaganda is to blame for anti-datacenter backlash, ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ being spent to kill US dominance in AI — industry proponents and Trump administration reinforce claims of foreign interference

You should be a bit more skeptical about the reason for these data centers because the data they're collecting is you.

[lasereye]

The idea that there’s all this data on me (or you) that they are trying to gather - but they don’t yet have enough computing power to handle it all is mentally retarded.