AI data center bans are rapidly multiplying across the US — 69 jurisdictions block new builds, with four moves noted as permanent
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-data-center-bans-are-rapidly-multiplying-across-the-us-69-jurisdictions-block-new-builds-with-four-moves-noted-as-permanent
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p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 128d
"AI data center"? Do we actually know it's a dedicated data center for AI?
You and I are typing a message on a server that's hosted in a data center.
coolie4@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 128d
I was wondering the same thing. Looks like the source info is about data center bans in general, and the author takes it upon themselves to make the connection to AI.
paraphrand@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 128d
Yeah, it has to do with scale. That’s the difference. The scale is just bonkers.
FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 128d
Yes, ban them all to hell, save us from the ramapocalypse!
Yliaster@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 128d
Zuck lobbied the US for age verification laws, won't Altman just lobby them for this, too?
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 126d
I don’t really get what all of these are even for.
Longylonglong@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 126d
Mass surveillance and opinion flooding of the www.