[lasereye]

China is trying to block our data centers. I suspect that some of the anti-data center posts on these threads are from people working with the Chinese. For example on one of my posts on this topic, someone popped up to say that his electric bill had gone up 17% because of data centers. I asked what state they were in. No answer.

[BipolarBob]

Mine went up 20% after a Data Center went in and I live in the Guizhou county of Texas.

[ducttape45]

Sorry, but I am not working with the Chinese, and I am adamantly against the construction of any more data centers here in the US. And for the record, I am from Indiana which has provided the most incentives of any state in the US for companies to build here, and yes, the utility rates are skyrocketing here. My rates have risen over 50% in just the past few years since a data mining facility was allowed to be built just four blocks away from where I live.

The county where I live, Miami, is battling our local government which wants to let more of them to come in and built. The residents don't want it, but the government is slow to listen.

[PROCON]

My electric bill has gone from $84/mth (one-bed apartment) to $146/mth over the past 11 years with the basic same KW/H usage.

Reason: I live in Washington state and all the time tested power sources, coal, hydro-electric, natural gas are being replaced by inefficient & expensive to build & maintain "Green renewables".

Also this state makes sure everyone is tithing to the climate-change religion so they came up with the Climate Commitment Act scam to further take money out of our pockets.

I'd move but I'm too old....*Sigh*

[Wally_Kalbacken]

BINGO!

[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.

[gnarledmaw]

The wumao alone are believed to be just a little over the total number in the US Army and possibly as many as 4 times the number. That doesnt count the ziganwu. They are very effective with low information types on places like fakebook.

Others have adopted a similar strategy and occasionally show up around here, especially the volunteers types, but for some reason those are applauded.