Problem is the same-ol same-ol,it's like ships, weapons you name it.
We are in a mfg. war with the chicoms.If we don't stay ahead of them they win we lose. They never lose since they steal everything they can from us. If they can't figure it out they just steal it from us.
It's a viscous world at times,true survival of the fittest.
IMHO, the smart play for us with the data centers is to take advantage of their over-funding which is massive.
If data centers expanded and were built on the Atlantic,Pacific and Gulf they could also provide soon to be needed, if not now, fresh water.
We had desalinization plants in Key West 40 years ago. They worked then nand will work better now. Also, it solves the water problem for the centers and allows them to sell excess fresh water that is super pure.
Same thing can happen with electricty.Instead of stealing local power why not go small nukes and create their own. Or, better yet, free energy machines. Once again make it big enough to sell,share or give to the locals so data centers become big pluses for local areas instead of constant friction for no reason.
When you think about it data center constrution which creates loads of jobs, some employment of locals and providing not only their own needs for water and power but excess that can be sold and maybe profit shared with locals could be a big win.
It's all an attitude.
You can make them a positive addition to the locale or do what we do now and just give the rats one more issue to beat us over the head with.
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